A good read on what 'AI' is doing to critical thinking, with a focus on how it is impacting the classrooms of higher education.

"Michael Clune, a literature professor and novelist, said that already, many students have been left “incapable of reading and analyzing, synthesizing data, all kinds of skills”. In a recent essay, he warned that colleges and universities rushing to embrace the technology were preparing to “self-lobotomize”."

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/ng-interactive/2026/mar/10/ai-impact-professors-students-learning

‘I wish I could push ChatGPT off a cliff’: professors scramble to save critical thinking in an age of AI

As AI has upended the way students learn, academics worry about the future of the humanities – and society at large

The Guardian
@JulianOliver this is exactly my experience too