---
title: "The Evidence for AI-Induced Deskilling Is No Longer Theoretical"
canonical: "https://current.tinyfish.ai/issue/33/vision/article/22061/the-evidence-for-ai-induced-deskilling-is-no"
publication: "TinyFish"
publisher: "TinyFish"
language: "en-US"
guide: "https://current.tinyfish.ai/llms.txt"
issue: 33
section: "vision"
section_name: "Vision"
published: 2026-06-11
updated: 2026-06-12
word_count: 96
source_links: 0
---

# The Evidence for AI-Induced Deskilling Is No Longer Theoretical

*June 11, 2026*

[Read on the website](<https://current.tinyfish.ai/issue/33/vision/article/22061/the-evidence-for-ai-induced-deskilling-is-no>)

Polish researchers studying AI-assisted colonoscopy weren't looking for deskilling. They found it anyway. After endoscopists gained routine access to AI polyp detection, their unassisted adenoma detection rate fell from 28.4% to 22.4% across four centres and nearly 1,500 procedures. The degradation only surfaced when the tool was taken away. With it, performance held steady.

From a completely different domain, the same shape: experienced developers using AI coding tools took 19% longer on real tasks while reporting they'd become 20% faster. The tool hides the loss from the person losing something.

Two findings, two fields, one mechanism.

## More

- [Vision — Issue 33](<https://current.tinyfish.ai/issue/33/vision/markdown>)
- [Issue 33](<https://current.tinyfish.ai/issue/33/markdown>)
- [Publication guide](<https://current.tinyfish.ai/llms.txt>)