Beyond Assistance: How We Truly Learn with AI

Agentivism posits that durable learning in human-AI interaction arises not merely from task completion, but from a linked process encompassing delegated agency, epistemic monitoring of AI outputs, the reconstructive internalization of assisted performance into independent skill, and ultimately, demonstrated transfer of capability with reduced reliance on AI support-distinguishing genuine learning from transient, AI-dependent performance.

A new theory, ‘Agentivism,’ argues that effective human-AI collaboration isn’t about offloading tasks, but about strategically delegating to artificial intelligence and internalizing the resulting capabilities.