David Lisnard: Believes that using AI as a cognitive crutch weakens critical thinking and learning
Statement made by David Lisnard on February 11, 2026. Topic: AI in Schools. The observatory also publishes quotes from 12 other public figures on this topic.
Used as a cognitive crutch, AI atrophies critical thinking, the capacity for autonomous reasoning, the intellectual effort that is the very foundation of learning
Original quote (French)
Utilisée comme béquille cognitive, l’IA atrophie l’esprit critique, la capacité de raisonnement autonome, l’effort intellectuel qui est le socle même de l’apprentissageSource: unenouvelleenergie.fr · archived copy
Other candidates on this topic
- Bernard Cazeneuve: Teaching Data Ethics as Part of the Knowledge of the Century
- Bruno Retailleau: No direct exposure of students to AI before high school
- Dominique de Villepin: Controlled and graduated exposure of students to AI according to ages and uses
- Florian Philippot: Keep AI out of schools
- François Ruffin: Teaching critical use of AI in middle school, through documentary research in history and geography
- Gabriel Attal: Making a sovereign AI assistant available free of charge to every student
- Jérôme Guedj: Teaching artificial intelligence to all students
- Natacha Polony: Links France's ability to face the AI revolution to a solid foundation of knowledge at school
- Nicolas Dupont-Aignan: Make AI Training Mandatory for Teachers and Create an AI Curriculum from Middle School Onward
- Olivier Becht: Making AI a daily tool for students and teachers
- Xavier Bertrand: Extending nationwide the AI certificate funded by the Hauts-de-France region
- Édouard Philippe: No use of AI by students before middle school, then a phased introduction through high school
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