Generative AI and childhood education : lessons from the smartphone generation

Machidon, Octavian-Mihai (avtor)

This article examines the potential parallels between children's widespread adoption of smartphones and the emerging reliance on generative AI tools in childhood education. Drawing on Jonathan Haidt’s insights into how phone-based childhoods can disrupt the development of critical executive functions, and Shannon Vallor’s concept of “moral deskilling,” the discussion raises concerns about “intellectual deskilling” in younger generations. As generative AI tools like ChatGPT gain popularity, children risk becoming overly reliant on automated solutions, potentially undermining metacognition and critical thinking. This paper highlights risks such as cognitive offloading, instant gratification, and diminished perseverance and proposes measures to ensure generative AI supports rather than replaces essential developmental experiences.

• Jezik: Angleški jezik
• Ključne besede: generative artificial intelligence, artificial intelligence, childhood education, smartphone generation, intellectual deskilling, metacognition, cognitive offloading
• Vrsta gradiva: Članek v reviji
• Tipologija: 1.01 - Izvirni znanstveni članek
• Organizacija: FRI - Fakulteta za računalništvo in informatiko
• Status publikacije: Objavljeno
• Različica publikacije: Objavljena publikacija
• Leto izida: 2025
• Št. strani: 3 str.
• Številčenje: Vol. , no.
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-171513
• UDK: 004.8:37:316.6
• ISSN pri članku: 0951-5666
• DOI: 10.1007/s00146-025-02196-y
• COBISS.SI-ID: 226140419
• Datum objave v RUL: 27.08.2025

Gradivo je del revije

• Naslov: AI & society : the journal of human and machine intelligence
• Skrajšan naslov: AI Soc.
• Založnik: Springer International
• ISSN: 0951-5666
• COBISS.SI-ID: 28796417

Licence

• Licenca: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Priznanje avtorstva 4.0 Mednarodna
• Povezava: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.sl
• Opis: To je standardna licenca Creative Commons, ki daje uporabnikom največ možnosti za nadaljnjo uporabo dela, pri čemer morajo navesti avtorja.

Sekundarni jezik

• Jezik: Slovenski jezik
• Ključne besede: generativna umetna inteligenca, umetna inteligenca, izobraževanje v otroštvu, generacija pametnih telefonov, intelektualno odstranjevanje spretnosti, metakognicija, kognitivna razbremenitev