Critical Thinking (In the AI Age)

When the computer makes things up

Ask any AI chatbot for the source of a famous quote and a meaningful share of the time you'll get a confident, complete, invented citation. A book that doesn't exist. A real historian on a topic they've never written about. The verification habit isn't new, just newly urgent.

Why children trust AI more than adults do

Every confidently wrong AI answer is a small free lesson, if you slow down long enough to take it.