Here's What AI is Doing to Your Critical Thinking Skills

According to the text, what is one way AI can help with research?

• AI can help with research by teaching students how to think critically.
• AI can help with research by finding articles from science journals about a topic.
• AI can help with research by replacing teachers in explaining ideas.
• AI can help with research by making sure students do not use calculators.

The author makes a comparison between AI and what other tool to explain how it affects our skills?

• Microscopes
• Telescopes
• Calculators
• Books

What does the author suggest is the main problem with relying too much on AI for learning?

• It makes learning more fun and interesting.
• It can make you worse at thinking for yourself.
• It helps you find information faster.
• It allows teachers to focus on other tasks.

What is ChatGPT described as in the text?

According to the text, what skill will always be important, even with the rise of AI?

What does the author say is at stake when students overuse AI tools?

The text discusses how AI tools like ChatGPT can make research easier but might also weaken our critical thinking skills. Can you think of a time when technology made a task easier for you, but you also felt like you learned less or missed out on something important?

The author compares using AI for research to using calculators for math, suggesting that both can make us less skilled in those areas. Do you agree with this comparison? Why or why not? Can you think of other examples where technology might be changing our skills or abilities?

The text argues that it's important to use AI as a tool for learning, not as a way to cheat. How do you think students can use AI tools like ChatGPT in a way that helps them learn and think critically, rather than just taking shortcuts?