Nature explores how to stay smart in the age of AI as 90% of faculty fear eroded critical thinking
JosephJacks_ · x · 2026-09-23
- A Nature feature examines growing evidence that AI can blunt memory and reasoning, and surveys the science of critical thinking for countermeasures.
- Education researcher Lixiang Yan at Tsinghua found an agentic AI (Codex) could independently complete all assignments, Q&A and discussions in his online course, with learners not intellectually engaged — making teaching students to reason 'more critical than ever'.
- A 2025 survey of 1,000+ US faculty by AAC&U found 90% believe generative AI will reduce students' critical thinking.
- The poster adds habits: reading before sleep, writing goals and progress, talking with smarter people, and learning new domains.
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