Emphasizing Deliberation and Critical Thinking in an AI Hype World

TL;DR

This paper advocates for deliberate, critical engagement with AI technologies to navigate hype, emphasizing cautious use and thoughtful reflection to mitigate harms and build a solid knowledge base.

Contribution

It introduces a framework for emphasizing deliberation and critical thinking in AI adoption amidst hype-driven environments.

Findings

Slow, deliberate AI use can reduce harmful impacts.

Critical engagement fosters a more solid knowledge foundation.

Hype-driven AI adoption may lead to misconceptions and misuse.

Abstract

AI solutionism is accelerated and substantiated by hype and HCI's elevation of novelty. Banning or abandoning technology is unlikely to work and probably not beneficial on the whole either -- but slow(er), deliberate use together with conscientious, critical engagement and non-engagement may help us navigate a post-AI hype world while contributing to a solid knowledge foundation and reducing harmful impacts in education and research.