If Grades Are Rising, Why Are SAT Scores Falling?

Patrick Bet-David questions why students appear to be earning better grades while standardized test performance declines. He argues that tools like ChatGPT and other AI platforms can make schoolwork look stronger without necessarily improving independent thinking or mastery. His broader concern is that overreliance on AI could create a kind of intellectual atrophy if students stop exercising the skills they are supposed to be developing.