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AI and critical thinking: it depends who asks the questions
Most advice on AI and critical thinking says it depends how you use it. Three 2025 studies name the variable: who ends up doing the reasoning.
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Most advice on AI and critical thinking says it depends how you use it. Three 2025 studies name the variable: who ends up doing the reasoning.

Most guides say to question your assumptions. Reasoning critically is harder, because reasoning evolved to defend conclusions, not to test them.