AI Could Damage Your Critical Thinking Skills

Are we losing our critical thinking skills to AI? New Microsoft study raises red flags
As more workplaces embrace emerging technology, research warns that prolonged use of AI can erode our cognitive abilities.
Using AI tools like ChatGPT can reduce critical thinking skills
A survey of workers who used generative AI to complete tasks found that they used critical thinking less when they trusted the AI to do the task accurately
Using ChatGPT? AI Could Damage Your Critical Thinking Skills, According to a Microsoft Study
Researchers at Microsoft and Carnegie Mellon University published a new study last month that claims to be the first to examine the effects of AI tools on critical thinking. The r
AI puts critical thinking skills at risk, Microsoft researchers find
Quick, without looking at your phone, what’s your spouse’s phone number? What about the number for your parents, or children, or siblings, or best friend? Chances are that you only
Study Finds That People Who Entrust Tasks to AI Are Losing Critical Thinking Skills
The findings from those examples were striking: overall, those who trusted the accuracy of the AI tools found themselves thinking less critically, while those who trusted the tech less used more critical thought when going back over AI outputs.
Microsoft study warns AI reliance may erode critical thinking skills at work
A recent study conducted by Microsoft and Carnegie Mellon University warns that excessive dependence on generative AI technology at work can lead to a deterioration of critical thinking skills and cognitive abilities that should be preserved,
Microsoft study says relying on AI reduces critical thinking
Microsoft and Carnegie Mellon University found that people’s critical thinking skills decline as they increasingly depend on artificial intelligence. Consequently, this reliance makes it harder to use these skills when necessary.
devdiscourse58m
Generative AI: Enhancing or Eroding Critical Thinking?
A recent study examines the impact of generative AI, like ChatGPT, on users' critical thinking abilities. It suggests that ...
Business.com7y
Building Critical Thinking Skills to Solve Problems at Work
“Critical thinking skills are essential for managers to [make] good business decisions,” Joachim said. “Poor decision-making often stems from flawed reasoning, emotional bias or incomplete ...
Concordia University3y
Critical thinking
There are many benefits to building good critical thinking skills that include better physical and mental health, greater academic success, greater financial wealth and a greater sense of ...
Forbes26d
Beyond Prompts—Critical Thinking Is Your Edge When Everyone’s Using AI
We should be teaching them critical thinking. We should be teaching them ... Take this article, for example. It was written with the aid of AI but not by AI. It took a multi-day iterative ...