Critical thinking emphasized amidst 'AI dependence'
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AI is a double-edged sword, said Jacques Fremont, president of the University of Ottawa in Canada. If students rely too much on it, they may stop thinking for themselves, he said at the ongoing 2025 World Digital Education Conference in Wuhan, Hubei province. Critical thinking and information integrity matter more than ever. Institutions worldwide, including in China and Canada, are working to strike the right balance.
Qi Xinran in Beijing contributed to this story.
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