I t has been almost 70 years since the term “artificial intelligence” was coined at a 1956 Dartmouth College summer workshop. The conference was convened by the mathematician John McCarthy, who ...

Critical thinking is touted as the educational counterpoint to AI and algorithms, but our definitions of it need an update.

At the beginning of 2021, I posted a piece on this blog asking if any readers wanted to develop their critical thinking as a kind of New Year’s resolution. In light of the positive feedback I received ...

What happens when you ask whether AI dulls critical thinking skills? When I asked a large language model, the tool got a bit defensive, responding that AI can reduce or strengthen critical thinking, ...

When I was much younger, my mother would say, "Practice makes perfect." Of course, this simplified phrasing—used to motivate impressionable young minds—wasn’t entirely factual, but it still made a ...

Critical thinking happens when you engage in reflective and independent thinking, instead of making sweeping generalizations or falling prey to cognitive biases like stereotyping. For instance, you're ...