Every time I asked AI to explain something, I felt like I was learning. I'd read the response, think "that makes sense," and move on. But then I'd try to recall that information later during a conversation, while writing, or when I actually needed to apply it, and realize I remembered almost nothing.
I was confusing comprehension with retention. Understanding something when it's explained to you is easy. Remembering it days or weeks later without help is hard. That's actual learning, and I wasn't doing it. I was outsourcing my thinking to AI and getting none of the benefits that come from doing that thinking myself.
