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GenAI helps students think fast. It’s time universities teach them to think slow
The real opportunity with AI in education isn’t automation. It’s building the habits of deeper thinking.
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Before AI use becomes autopilot, students have to be trained to engage with it deliberately.
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Nobel Prize-winning psychologist Daniel Kahneman proposes that we think using two systems: one fast and intuitive, the other slow and deliberate.
System 1 handles familiar tasks automatically – like solving 2 × 2 or sensing a friend’s mood. System 2 kicks in for effortful mental work – like evaluating the logic of an argument or finding the right words to comfort someone.
