University life and AI integration are diminishing emotional intelligence in new students. It's a crisis of connection.
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The digital crutch of AI in higher education is cultivating emotional illiteracy. Rather than fostering resilience and empathy, universities are producing a generation adept at algorithms but stunted in human connection. This isn't progress, it's intellectual atrophy disguised as innovation. Are we educating humans or merely programming them for an automated future?
The strongest counter
AI offers new pathways for personalised learning and mental health support, potentially bolstering emotional intelligence by freeing up time for deeper self-reflection and social engagement.
