There has been a measurable and noticeable drop in attainment starting with smartphones entering the classroom, supercharged by COVID chaos, and finally with AI cheating being just the latest assault on learning.

Ask teachers that have been teaching for 10 years. Ask the professors how today's kids are different than the ones of yesteryear.

The move to de-tech the classroom will eventually help out I expect, but keeping kids (and adults!!!) from using cognitive shortcuts so they can develop their own sense of what's reasonable instead of taking information from a bought-and-paid-for oracle is going to remain a problem.