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Generative AI, Cognitive Offloading, and the Future of Critical Thinking in Research and Society

by Lindsey Dewitt Prat, Kirsten Bruckbauer, Michael Gerlich

Early in 2025, Prof. Dr. Michael Gerlich’s research documenting negative correlations between generative AI usage and critical thinking in knowledge work went...

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Advancing the Value of Ethnography

Advancing the Value of Ethnography

Author: Michael Gerlich

Generative AI, Cognitive Offloading, and the Future of Critical Thinking in Research and Society

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