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Audio long read: How to stay smart in the age of AI — the science of critical thinking

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Show Notes

Critical thinking is a skill that is under threat from the AI revolution in large language models. But all is not lost. Specialists in education and cognition have long been studying critical thinking, and some have useful tips on how to stay cognitively sharp in the age of AI.

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