School leaders face the growing challenge of preventing AI and other technology from eroding students’ critical-thinking capacity.

On the latest episode of the “DA Changemakers” podcast, Ayisha Irfan, founder and CEO of Augmented Intelligence Advisory, discusses strategies for safeguarding cognition in the age of AI.

Irfan warns that relying on AI to retrieve information risks “cognitive dependence,” where students generate answers without building foundational reasoning skills.