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Nature reports AI threatens critical thinking in higher education

Nature publishes research on AI's threat to critical thinking in education

1 Sep 23 · 3d ago · 3 articles · 1 post · 3 sources · development 1 of 2

Nature published an article examining how AI systems like large language models risk undermining students' cognitive development. The piece cites a 2025 survey where 90% of US faculty said they believed generative AI will reduce critical-thinking skills, and notes that around 20% of higher-education students using AI already find it harder to work through problems independently.

Nature publishes research on AI's threat to critical thinking in education
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“Learning happens as a consequence of cognitive processing. Cognitive processing is typically effortful, and that's what AI effectively removes.”

Daniel Willingham

Lixiang Yan Education researcher, Tsinghua UniversityDaniel Willingham Cognitive psychologist, University of VirginiaThomas Nygren Education and critical thinking researcher, Uppsala UniversityStéphan Vincent-Lancrin OECD critical thinking programme director

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Reported in the same hours no headline names this development itself — these 2 claims were published in its stretch

  1. 2 outlets How to stay smart in the age of AI: the science of critical thinking

    first by Nature, 3d ago · also Nature News

  2. 1 outlet Preserving Human Thinking in the Age of GenAI

    first by orfonline.org, 3d ago

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