Critical thinking essential to counter misinformation in AI era – Putin aide
Aide to the President of Russia, Andrei Fursenko, has called for stronger critical thinking and information verification as artificial intelligence and the internet increasingly shape how people consume and assess information.
Andrei Fursenko, a senior aide to the President of Russia, has stressed the importance of critical thinking and information verification in the era of artificial intelligence and the internet. Speaking at the International Festival of Youth in Ekaterinburg on September 15, 2026, Fursenko highlighted trust and reputation as crucial safeguards against unreliable information.
At a session titled "They Say Online… Verity in the Post-Truth Era", he emphasized that the ability of individuals to critically assess information was key to preserving human leadership. Fursenko also cautioned against assuming that digital technologies could fully replicate every aspect of human experience, noting that the world remains analogue and that there are elements that cannot be digitized.
He called for the integration of information verification and analysis of competing claims into education and public communication, stating that questioning information should be encouraged for an intelligent, educated person. Rector Irina Kraeva of Moscow State Linguistic University echoed this sentiment, stressing the value of doubting information.
Meanwhile, Rector Andrei Loginov of the Russian State University for the Humanities stressed the importance of preserving physical records and archives in the face of increasing influence of AI on information distribution. He argued that reliable physical evidence should support relations between countries and peoples, as post-truth, driven by AI and the internet, distorts objective knowledge.
Loginov illustrated the importance of physical libraries and archives with a hypothetical scenario involving an AI system operating beyond human control. He also highlighted the role of history and archival institutes in maintaining reliable knowledge, emphasizing that post-truth can undermine professional disciplines and methods used to establish reliable knowledge.
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