Psychologist Howard Gardner Says AI May Make Cognitive Skills Optional
Speaking at a Harvard forum, the originator of the theory of multiple intelligences argued AI's rise is a fundamental change for education.
At a forum at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, reported on September 19, 2025, the influential psychologist Howard Gardner described artificial intelligence as a change to education as fundamental as any seen in the last millennium. Gardner, known for his theory of multiple intelligences, made the provocative assertion that AI may eventually render many core cognitive functions optional for humans.
## A Fundamental Shift in Education
Gardner argued that the current model of schooling, where everyone in a class does the same thing and is assessed in the same way, will seem "totally old-fashioned" by 2050. "I don't …
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