Abstract:

The advent of artificial intelligence (AI) represents a unique technological revolution, distinctively characterized by its integration into the cognitive processes of individuals. This evolution has ushered in an AI generation (Gen AI), for whom AI-resilience is critical for survival and success in their lives and careers. For the education sector, it is a call for a radical paradigm shift in its conduct to foster AI resilience in its stakeholders. As the AI revolution directly influences the intellectual formation of individuals, it is imperative that educational processes achieve adequate AI-resilience. This paper introduces a comprehensive framework of seven perspectives and forty-nine thinking skills that help educators visualize an AI-resilient education. The seven holistic perspectives help new-generation students develop a 360-degree perspective of reality and assist them in escaping existential singularities posed by AI technology. Categorized into seven major domains, the polychromatic spectrum of thinking skills helps Gen AI learn to collaborate effectively and complement the cognitive achievements of modern AI tools. This extensive range of cognitive skills should equip new-generation learners with abilities to transcend a kind of noetic singularity caused by widespread AI integration in their life and workspaces. Moving beyond conventional taxonomies of human cognitive skills, this framework advocates for a novel learning theory and pedagogy for digital natives. Both this learning theory and pedagogy should cultivate an AI-resilient generation, capable of augmenting the cognitive functions progressively taken over by AI tools. This paper also warns that without a concerted effort to adapt educational paradigms to this new reality, educational processes could eventually become obsolete, leading to a superficial intellectual landscape for Gen AI. It underscores the urgency of redefining educational goals to ensure that Gen AI emerges as a cohort adept at both leveraging and enhancing the capabilities of AI, thereby securing their relevance in AI-dominated thinking spaces of today and tomorrow.

Keywords:

Artificial Intelligence (AI), Noetic Singularity, Existential Singularity, AI-Resilience, Experiential Learning, Augmented Intelligence, Oscillator Analogy, Critical and Creative Thinking, Communicative Thinking, Intuitive Thinking.