Sustainable AI adoption depends on the interaction of three interdependent conditions: normative friction, governance-based equity, and epistemic integrity¶

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Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · theoretical r2–r3 · q2
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Subclaims¶

q2 i? Normative friction, governance-based equity, and epistemic integrity jointly determine whether AI supports or undermines sustainable education, rather than functioning as isolated variables. → Adeeb Obaid Alsuhaymi and Fouad Ahmed Atallah 2026 q2 i? Equity outcomes under AI are best explained as a function of governance capacity rather than technological availability; AI amplifies existing institutional and structural conditions. → Adeeb Obaid Alsuhaymi and Fouad Ahmed Atallah 2026 (2)

Evidence¶

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

q2 · i? · theoretical · r3

Analytical result 3 of the value-critical analysis. The article states that where normative friction is absent, AI adoption tends to proceed along managerial rationalities, whereas where it is present, AI is more likely to remain an instrument supporting educational purposes.

"The analysis further demonstrates that sustainable AI adoption in education depends on the interaction of three interdependent conditions: normative friction, governance-based equity, and epistemic integrity."

Adeeb Obaid Alsuhaymi and Fouad Ahmed Atallah 2026 (2)¶

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

q2 · i? · theoretical · r2

Second component of analytical result 3. The article reports that well-governed and well-resourced contexts can translate AI adoption into improved access and support, whereas weakly regulated and under-resourced contexts tend to experience intensified inequalities through differential access, uneven oversight, and heightened vulnerability to bias and exclusion.

"the results indicate that equity outcomes under AI are best explained as a function of governance capacity rather than technological availability. AI does not generate equity autonomously; it amplifies existing institutional and structural conditions."

Discussion¶

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