The Homework Phase Is Over

We’re about to learn a painful lesson about delayed gratification in software engineering.

New data tracked 26,811 students from January 2023 through June 2025. Students using AI for homework saw their scores jump. Completion time dropped nearly half. They aced the assignments.

Then exam season came. Those same students scored significantly worse when they couldn’t use the tool.

The homework phase is over. The exam phase is coming.