How artificial intelligence reshapes, challenges, and potentially diminishes human critical thinking in the digital age

Muratova, Nargiza, Муратова, Наргиза, Муратова, Наргиза

Хорижий лингвистика ва лингводидактика · 2026-yil

Annotatsiya

The accelerating integration of artificial intelligence into everyday cognitive tasks has generated an unresolved tension between enhanced efficiency and the gradual reconfiguration of human critical thinking capacities. This article examines what is termed the paradox of automated reasoning: the phenomenon whereby systems designed to augment human judgment simultaneously risk diminishing the very cognitive skills they aim to support. Drawing on a theoretical and comparative methodological approach, the paper synthesizes insights from cognitive science, philosophy of mind, neuroethics, and digital humanities to analyze how algorithmic mediation reshapes patterns of reasoning, evaluation, and metacognitive awareness. Through a phenomenological analysis of digital cognition, the study explores three interrelated dynamics: cognitive offloading and mediated thinking, the erosion of metacognitive vigilance under algorithmic predictability, and the potential neuroplastic consequences of prolonged interaction with AI-driven systems. Case studies from AI-supported educational platforms and medical decision-support systems provide applied illustrations of these dynamics. The findings suggest that while automated reasoning systems can amplify analytical reach, they also subtly reorient epistemic agency, shifting humans from active reasoners to supervisory participants. The article concludes with practical recommendations for educational institutions and system designers, emphasizing the cultivation of reflective friction, epistemic resistance, and critical literacy as safeguards against cognitive atrophy. The study contributes a novel conceptual framework for understanding AI not merely as a tool, but as an active participant in the ecology of human thought.

Maqola ma’lumotlari
MualliflarMuratova, Nargiza, Муратова, Наргиза, Муратова, Наргиза
JurnalХорижий лингвистика ва лингводидактика
NashriyotСамарқанд давлат чет тиллар институти
ISSN0000-0003, 4295-8199
Nashr sanasi2026-01-25
Jild4
Son1/S
Betlar253-262
TilIngliz
DOI10.47689/2181-3701-vol4-iss1/s-pp253-262
Indeksga qo‘shilgan2026-08-26

DOI: 10.47689/2181-3701-vol4-iss1/s-pp253-262 · Maqolaning asl sahifasi

Kalit so‘zlar

Automated reasoning, critical thinking, digital epistemology, algorithmic mediation drift, metacognitive thinning, cognitive offloading, artificial intelligence, human–AI interaction, Автоматизированное мышление, критическое мышление, цифровая эпистемология, алгоритмический медиационный дрейф, метакогнитивное истончение, когнитивная разгрузка, искусственный интеллект, взаимодействие человека и ИИ, Автоматлаштирилган фикрлаш, танқидий фикрлаш, рақамли эпистемология, алгоритмик воситачилик дрифти, метакогнитив юпқалашиш, когнитив юкни топшириш, сунъий интеллект, инсон–сунъий интеллект ўзаро таъсири

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APAMuratova, Nargiza, Муратова, Наргиза, & Муратова, Наргиза (2026). How artificial intelligence reshapes, challenges, and potentially diminishes human critical thinking in the digital age. Хорижий лингвистика ва лингводидактика, 4(1/S), 253-262. https://doi.org/10.47689/2181-3701-vol4-iss1/s-pp253-262
GOST (OAK)Muratova, Nargiza, Муратова, Наргиза, Муратова, Наргиза How artificial intelligence reshapes, challenges, and potentially diminishes human critical thinking in the digital age // Хорижий лингвистика ва лингводидактика. – 2026. – T. 4, № 1/S. – P. 253-262. – DOI: 10.47689/2181-3701-vol4-iss1/s-pp253-262.
MLAMuratova, Nargiza, Муратова, Наргиза, and Муратова, Наргиза. “How artificial intelligence reshapes, challenges, and potentially diminishes human critical thinking in the digital age.” Хорижий лингвистика ва лингводидактика, 4(1/S), 253-262, 2026. https://doi.org/10.47689/2181-3701-vol4-iss1/s-pp253-262
ChicagoMuratova, Nargiza, Муратова, Наргиза, and Муратова, Наргиза. “How artificial intelligence reshapes, challenges, and potentially diminishes human critical thinking in the digital age.” Хорижий лингвистика ва лингводидактика, 4(1/S), 253-262 (2026). https://doi.org/10.47689/2181-3701-vol4-iss1/s-pp253-262
HarvardMuratova, Nargiza, Муратова, Наргиза, and Муратова, Наргиза (2026) ‘How artificial intelligence reshapes, challenges, and potentially diminishes human critical thinking in the digital age’, Хорижий лингвистика ва лингводидактика, 4(1/S), 253-262. https://doi.org/10.47689/2181-3701-vol4-iss1/s-pp253-262
BibTeX
@article{muratovanargiza2026,
  title = {How artificial intelligence reshapes, challenges, and potentially diminishes human critical thinking in the digital age},
  author = {Muratova, Nargiza and Муратова, Наргиза and Муратова, Наргиза},
  journal = {Хорижий лингвистика ва лингводидактика},
  year = {2026},
  volume = {4},
  number = {1/S},
  pages = {253-262},
  doi = {10.47689/2181-3701-vol4-iss1/s-pp253-262},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.47689/2181-3701-vol4-iss1/s-pp253-262}
}

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