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How AI Impacts Skill Formation: Productivity Gains, Cognitive Offloading, Skill Retention, and Overreliance

We are excited to announce the next AI/ML Research Seminar presentation. This will be our last seminar session before the semester ends. The presentation begins with an overview of Anthropic’s latest research on the effects of vibe coding, followed by a second half based on curriculum from Stanford’s CS146S: The Modern Software Developer.

Friday, May 1, 2026

2:30pm

Northern Illinois University
Psychology/Computer Science Building, Room 103
100 Normal Rd
DeKalb, IL 60115