
Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
mikarv@someone.elses.computer ("Michael Veale") wrote:
Microsoft Research: GenAI can inhibit critical engagement with work and can potentially lead to long-term overreliance on the tool and diminished skill for independent problem-solving.
Microsoft: *sells GenAI aggressively into the Education 365 packages*
Hao-Ping (Hank) Lee and others, ‘The Impact of Generative AI on Critical Thinking: Self-Reported Reductions in Cognitive Effort and Confidence Effects From a Survey of Knowledge Workers’ (ACM CHI 2025). https://advait.org/files/lee%5F2025%5Fai%5Fcritical%5Fthinking%5Fsurvey.pdf