This is AI summary of conversation in Threads started by @koihin about LLM (Large Language Model) impact on critical thinking. The conversation under that post isn’t about banning AI. It’s about a shift teachers are seeing in how thinking happens. 1. Fluency is mistaken for understanding. Multiple teachers note students can now produce a clean, well-structured answer, but freeze when asked “why did you make that choice here?” The output looks like thinking, but the process of choosing, discarding, and justifying never happened. 2. Friction is productive. The blank page, getting stuck, realizing paragraph 2 contradicts paragraph 1 — that uncomfortable loop is where critical thinking is built. When an…