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Excess reliance on AI could harm independent thinking in humanities education
The increasing use of content generated using artificial intelligence (AI) tools in university humanities classrooms is challenging what we think of as traditional academic integrity, intellectual responsibility and the authority of…
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Research published in the International Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development notes that AI tools increasingly generate text, construct arguments, and develop viewpoints in university humanities classrooms. The technology blurs the boundary between students’ own work and machine‑assisted production, raising concerns about academic integrity and intellectual responsibility. Scholars warn that excessive reliance on AI could weaken independent and critical thinking, widen digital inequalities, and undermine the humanistic values of higher education.
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