In this episode we explore why Gen Z students are growing more skeptical of AI even as they continue using it at high rates. Drawing on new Gallup survey findings and recent conversations about “cognitive surrender,” we look at what student attitudes toward AI may be telling educators right now: not that students want AI banned, but that they want real help using it thoughtfully.

We also examine what this means for teachers, instructional coaches, and district leaders as schools try to respond to a generation that is both highly engaged with AI and increasingly uneasy about its effects on thinking, originality, and learning.

Topics covered:

• Gen Z’s rising anger and declining excitement about AI
• Why AI use is holding steady even as trust falls
• The connection between student skepticism and “cognitive surrender”
• What students are worried AI may be doing to their thinking
• Why schools should treat student attitudes toward AI as a teaching topic
• How teachers can surface skepticism productively in the classroom
• What instructional coaches should look for in AI-integrated lessons
• Why district messaging about AI may need to shift
• The gap between student need and school response
• What it would look like to help students use AI without hype

Source:

https://www.the74million.org/article/gen-z-increasingly-skeptical-of-and-angry-about-artificial-intelligence/