AI-driven reforms frequently operate through an efficiency–sustainability substitution mechanism that redefines sustainability as operational performance¶

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q2 i? AI-driven educational reforms frequently redefine sustainability as operational performance such as scalability, optimization, and measurable outputs rather than as a value-based educational project. → Adeeb Obaid Alsuhaymi and Fouad Ahmed Atallah 2026

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Adeeb Obaid Alsuhaymi and Fouad Ahmed Atallah 2026¶

Adeeb Obaid Alsuhaymi and Fouad Ahmed Atallah. (2026). Sustainable Education in the Age of Artificial Intelligence and Digitalization: A Value-Critical Approach. Sustainability 2026, 18, 1257. https://doi.org/10.3390/su18031257

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Analytical result from the article's qualitative value-critical analysis of contemporary scholarly literature and policy debates. The article argues that "sustainability claims become increasingly metric-dependent" and that this substitution is weakened when AI adoption is guided by explicit educational aims and ethical priorities such as human dignity, social justice, and epistemic integrity.

"AI-driven educational reforms frequently operate through an efficiency–sustainability substitution mechanism, whereby "sustainability" is implicitly redefined as operational performance—such as scalability, optimization, and measurable outputs—rather than as a value-based educational project."

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