Critical Thinking Skills and Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Abstract

This chapter explores the complex relationship between artificial intelligence (AI) and critical thinking skills in education. It examines how AI is reshaping learning and decision-making, while emphasizing critical thinking skills as essential for navigating these changes. AI offers opportunities through personalized learning and immersive scenarios, but faces limitations like algorithmic opacity and data bias that require ethical integration into education. The chapter addresses key areas: critical thinking's role in the AI era, AI-critical thinking interactions, challenges posed by AI, and strategies for developing critical thinking skills. It focuses on pedagogical approaches fostering critical reflection and intellectual autonomy. The text advocates for a systemic approach where AI complements human cognitive capacities rather than replacing them. Through synergy between critical thinking and AI, educators can prepare learners for 21st-century challenges with discernment and responsibility.