Because AI spits out perfectly polished answers instantly, students stop doing the hard, messy work of wrestling with ideas. It short-circuits the exact intellectual struggle needed for deep learning.
“Generative AI tends to favor fluency, assertiveness, and certainty over ambiguity or discomfort. Its quick, confident responses often discourage deeper questioning, modeling a style of knowledge delivery that rewards speed over critical reflection” (Jose et al., 2025).
References
Jose, B., Cleetus, A., Joseph, B., Joseph, L., Jose, B., & John, A. K. (2025). Epistemic Authority and Generative AI in Learning Spaces: Rethinking Knowledge in the Algorithmic Age. Frontiers in Education, 10, 1647687. https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2025.1647687