Generative AI tools can limit users’ critical thinking when doing tasks. People using generative AI also think less critically when they trust the AI to do a task, such as developing an argument ...

When users had less confidence in AI-assisted responses, they used critical thinking to mitigate the quality of AI's output. About a third (36%) of surveyees used critical-thinking skills to ...

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