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Author slams AI's negative impact on youth and critical thinking

By PulseAugur Editorial · [7 sources] ·

Author and Oxford fellow Katherine Rundell expresses strong criticism of artificial intelligence, particularly its impact on young people's minds and happiness. She argues that AI tools like ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini can destabilize reality, spread disinformation, and turbocharge inequality. Rundell highlights studies suggesting AI-assisted learning leads to cognitive surrender and underperformance, and fears it will hinder children's potential for critical thinking and creativity. She also points to the environmental costs and the risk of AI facilitating authoritarianism and remote killing. AI

IMPACT Raises concerns about AI's detrimental effects on education, critical thinking, and youth development, potentially hindering future innovation.

RANK_REASON Opinion piece by a named credible voice discussing the societal impact of AI.

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Author slams AI's negative impact on youth and critical thinking

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  1. The Guardian — AI TIER_1 English(EN) · Katherine Rundell ·

    ‘I hate what AI is doing to the minds and happiness of the young’: Katherine Rundell on the view from the classroom

    <p>Education is at a crossroads, argues the author and academic. Should we embrace new technology in the name of efficiency, or is it time to fight back?</p><p>If you set out to design from scratch a tool to facilitate authoritarian rule, it would look exactly like AI. You would …

  2. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    ‘I hate what AI is doing to the minds and happiness of the young’: Katherine Rundell on the view from the classroom https://www. theguardian.com/books/ng-inter

    ‘I hate what AI is doing to the minds and happiness of the young’: Katherine Rundell on the view from the classroom https://www. theguardian.com/books/ng-inter active/2026/aug/08/i-hate-what-ai-is-doing-to-the-minds-and-happiness-of-the-young-katherine-rundell-on-the-view-from-th…

    LINKS theguardian.com/…/i-hate-what-ai-is-doing…
  3. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    ‘I hate what AI is doing to the minds and happiness of the young’: Katherine Rundell on the view from the classroom http:// prismo.zip/posts/28

    ‘I hate what AI is doing to the minds and happiness of the young’: Katherine Rundell on the view from the classroom http:// prismo.zip/posts/28

  4. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    "‘I hate what AI is doing to the minds and happiness of the young’: Katherine Rundell on the view from the classroom If you set out to design from scratch a too

    "‘I hate what AI is doing to the minds and happiness of the young’: Katherine Rundell on the view from the classroom If you set out to design from scratch a tool to facilitate authoritarian rule, it would look exactly like AI. You would cherish it for its ability to destabilise o…

    LINKS theguardian.com/…/i-hate-what-ai-is-doing…
  5. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · firusvg ·

    "There are dark days ahead." 'I hate what # AI is doing to the minds and happiness of the young': Katherine Rundell on the view from the classroom https://www.

    "There are dark days ahead." 'I hate what # AI is doing to the minds and happiness of the young': Katherine Rundell on the view from the classroom https://www. theguardian.com/books/ng-inter active/2026/aug/08/i-hate-what-ai-is-doing-to-the-minds-and-happiness-of-the-young-kather…

    LINKS theguardian.com/…/i-hate-what-ai-is-doing…
  6. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    The Guardian: ‘I hate what AI is doing to the minds and happiness of the young’: Katherine Rundell on the view from the classroom . “Going into schools, I meet

    The Guardian: ‘I hate what AI is doing to the minds and happiness of the young’: Katherine Rundell on the view from the classroom . “Going into schools, I meet thousands of children a year and every day I become more certain that, if justice for all is to be our organising princi…

  7. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · ianRobinson ·

    ‘I hate what AI is doing to the minds and happiness of the young’: Katherine Rundell on the view from the classroom | Books | The Guardian https://www. theguard

    ‘I hate what AI is doing to the minds and happiness of the young’: Katherine Rundell on the view from the classroom | Books | The Guardian https://www. theguardian.com/books/ng-inter active/2026/aug/08/i-hate-what-ai-is-doing-to-the-minds-and-happiness-of-the-young-katherine-rund…

    LINKS theguardian.com/…/i-hate-what-ai-is-doing…

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