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We surveyed 319 knowledge workers from diverse fields, collecting 936 real-world GenAI-assisted tasks. We asked: When is critical thinking necessary? How do they enact it? Does GenAI affect the effort of critical thinking—and how much?

We found that…

We ground our discussion using Bloom’s Taxonomy, focusing on knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation. In a GenAI-driven workflow, each of these cognitive activities faces new challenges—and opportunities—for deeper critical engagement.

How does using GenAI tools reshape knowledge workers’ critical thinking? Our #CHI2025 paper studied 319 knowledge workers to dive into this question. w/@advaitsarkar.bsky.social @levlevlev.bsky.social Ian, Sean, Richard, Nick @msftresearch.bsky.social @hcii.cmu.edu

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In the second week, they were introduced to Purpose Mode, a browser extension we built to allow users to “toggle off” ACDPs. Participants reported feeling distracted only 7% of the time and spent 21 fewer daily minutes browsing these websites.

🚨Trapped by infinite scroll & autoplay on social media? Our TOCHI paper introduces a system that reduces distraction by 4x by suppressing these and other dark patterns.

Purpose Mode: Reducing Distraction through Toggling ACDPs on Social Media Web Sites

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