No, AI is created for human ease. It can never be said that AI is creating a burden on students. According to my experience, AI becomes a burden only when we started to use it, “too much” and “rely on” it too much. And you know excessive use of everything is bad. When we use AI in a well-guided and controlled way then there will be no reason to say that AI is creating a burden on students.
According to Newzoogle:
“Before diving into the sea of AI, take proper training and seek guidance. Do not lost yourself into searching, searching and searching. All this will give you physical fatigue as in the real world sea and mental fatigue into the digital sea of AI. Dive, pick the right tool, grab the desired one and came out of the sea of AI in a happy mood.”
I had researched a lot on this topic that AI is creating a burden on students and could not find a single and fixed statement that demonstrates that AI is creating a burden on students. However if students will rely too much on it then it means they themselves are turning it into a burden.
For example, if a student searched a topic under any title (like books as a friend) then a lot of relevant information will appear and its human nature to find more and more. In such a case, the student will want to collect more and more information by using various AI tools. And each tool will provide the same information in different words and different angles.
All this will put a pressure on student’s mind. He/she will start to think which is the most accurate information and as a result automatically he/she will feel a burden on his/her mind. Decision-making abilities will also slow down at this stage. But if a student is properly guided how to get more out of AI then it will be wrong to say that AI is creating a burden on students. In this regard Hamsa Bastani has said that if students will start to examine the AI’s outcomes only then it can be “ a huge benefit”.
When I was deeply observing this statement that AI is creating a burden on students then a lot of AI tools came into my mind. For example, for getting information, there is “Chat GPT”, for verifying, there is Manus, for writing, there is “QuillBot”, for getting question answers “Perplexity AI” is considered the best, for note-taking “Notion AI” has been introduced and the list is so on, even for same purpose, students meet with different AI tools. You know all of this reminds me, a student with a heavy bag on his back. Now a student with a lot of AI tools in his mind.
All of this sometimes becomes the cause of digital fatigue. The new research of 2026 named this phenomenon “AI Fatigue”. If students are properly trained, like how much time to spend on screen then there will be no cognitive overload and no more mental and physical fatigue. But still I will say that an uncontrolled way of using AI can automatically lead you to say that AI is creating a burden on students.
Here I will also like to share with you my school time story when a student bought an interested key-book. And this key-book has all the answers of difficult questions. Every student want to have that book but that was too much expensive and all of this create a class difference in the same class. Similarly, now many of the AI tools are paid. A normal student cannot afford that expensive price and in all of this, digital divide emerge and financial burden arises. Students start to felt that their AI tool is not as good as his class fellow’s. In such a case they lose confidence, slow down the motivation and weaken the learning spirit. If the AI tool makers offer the best in reasonable amount and learning institutions recommend the affordable AI tools then it could be said that AI is creating a burden on students especially on sensitive students.
Yes, sensitive students have different kinds of notions about AI. They start to take the tension:
- What if the teacher know that I am using AI
- My AI tool is not the good one as my friend
- I cannot write well like AI
- Without AI I cannot do anything
These and many other types of innocent questions disturbed the sensitive students and as a result they started to think that AI is creating a burden on students.
While in real case, all of these are just the notions of innocent minds otherwise AI has made the study more easy as UNESCO university states that AI provide “immense opportunities to enhance learning”. Towards sensitive students, teachers should pay special attention in regard to AI usage. In comparison to this here, I would also like to mention a research from Stanford University:
“Unchecked use may lead to cognitive atrophy, loss of agency, emotional risks, and ethical concerns.”
It is also an illusion for some students that AI is creating a burden for them. They think they can do the best without AI, prefer traditional study methods and also think that they have to use AI because teachers say and class fellows use. They take it as an extra burden or time consuming technology in regard to information overloading. Due to ethical concerns, over-dependency and uncertainty, they consider that AI is creating a burden for students. According to the survey of RAND Corporation, 70% students show their worry that getting homework help from AI “was eroding their critical thinking skills”. In another case study of 348 university students, it is noted that AI has made them “to rely on automated answers than their own reasoning.” Somehow, their concerns are right but without AI they cannot successfully stand anywhere. Only a clear, responsible and efficient guidance can change their notion of AI is creating a burden on students.
In the light of all the above discussion, Newzoogle has discovered that no education expert has said that AI is creating a burden on students. It becomes a burden only when students depend on it too much and use it unwisely.
Thus, it is not the AI that is creating a burden on students, it is its use, again I will say, it is its undefined, unguided, unchecked or over- use that is turning AI comfort into complications. UNESCO researchers has shown their concern that if students will take AI just as a “tool” only then AI will be beneficial for them otherwise taking it as substitute for learning can lead towards AI possible risks.
If you know any other reason due to which students think that AI is creating a burden on them then share with Newzoogle in the comments.
FAQ
- How can AI be a burden on students?
If AI will be used without any guidance and as a substitute of human learning then it can become a burden on students. In other words, it can become a burden when students rely on it too much, spend a lot of time on it, use it without using their own thinking abilities and sometimes it become a burden when a certain AI tool is out of their reach. Often AI also create a burden on students when they feel difficulty in selecting the right AI tool and right information.
- Which type of students think that AI is a burden?
AI can be a burden for sensitive students who often become confused due to ethics and information overload. Sometimes for brilliant students it also become a burden because they think they can do better than AI. They also think AI reduce their critical thinking. For students who belong to weak backgrounds also take AI as a financial burden. It can never be a burden for any type of students if it is being used under effective guidance.
- Can a student’s future be bright without AI?
Without AI, thinking about the bright future is seems difficult now. Because now everywhere AI is used and most of the jobs now require AI training. So, for bright future students should use AI to boosts their skills, improve their ideas and to enhance their productivity.
