Faculty members and students anticipate AI will transform education and professions, sharing concerns that excessive dependence could weaken cognitive skills¶

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Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · qualitative r3 · q2
Currency · newest study 2026 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person · recheck by 2031: baselines and conditions change

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Faculty members and students shared concerns that AI could weaken cognitive skills in the long term, that curricula need updating, and that professional uncertainties are arising. → Buket Bilgiç and Demet Sever 2026 q2 i? Students argued that excessive dependence on AI limits productivity and thinking skills. → Buket Bilgiç and Demet Sever 2026 (2)

Evidence¶

Buket Bilgiç and Demet Sever 2026¶

Buket Bilgiç and Demet Sever (2026). Understanding ethical dimensions of AI in higher education: insights from faculty members and students. International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education. https://doi.org/10.1186/s41239-026-00601-0

q2 · i? · qualitative · r3

Authors' synthesis of the long-term effects theme across both interview groups. Participants anticipated structural change in education and professions, with weakening of skills, economic and professional uncertainties, and calls to update curricula reported for both groups.

"faculty members and students shared common concerns that AI could weaken cognitive skills in the long term, that curricula need to be updated, and that uncertainties regarding professional life have arisen."

Buket Bilgiç and Demet Sever 2026 (2)¶

Buket Bilgiç and Demet Sever (2026). Understanding ethical dimensions of AI in higher education: insights from faculty members and students. International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education. https://doi.org/10.1186/s41239-026-00601-0

q2 · i? · qualitative · r3

Student long-term-effects sub-theme from the interviews. A participant described habitual AI use as playing "a restric -tive role in terms of our productivity"; the article reports these as participants' predictions rather than measured effects.

"In the Weakening of Skills perspective, it is argued that excessive dependence on AI limits productivity and thinking skills."

Discussion¶

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