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I suspect the distribution is more lumpy, best case. Worst case, the progeny of the affluent are eating up those sweet gains.

My experience in higher education so far suggests the affluent are not immune to these same trends.

It's not "lumpy", but AI definitely made the spread (distribution) of scores wider. See the last chart from: https://infographics.economist.com/2026/20260822_WOC963/