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The Nature Podcast brings you the best stories from the world of science each week. We cover everything from astronomy to zoology, highlighting the most exciting research from each issue of the Nature journal.

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Audio long read: How to stay smart in the age of AI — the science of critical thinking

October 19, 2026

Benjamin Thompson (0:02)

This is an audio long read from Nature. In this episode, How to Stay Smart in the Age of AI, The Science of Critical Thinking, written by Helen Pearson and read by me, Benjamin Thompson.

Earlier this year, education researcher Li Xiangyan realized that students could outsource all of their work for his university course to artificial intelligence. Yen, who teaches at Tsinghua University in Beijing, China, was using an agentic AI called Codex to set up an online course on a learning management…

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