AI can boost critical thinking or undermine it. Educators and talent leaders must learn to navigate this fine line. The use of generative AI among learners has increased by 66% over the last 12 months. More than 90% of young people in higher education are now using ChatGPT and other tools to research, summarize, and complete their work, while educators are increasingly leveraging the same tools to create and assess assignments. AI poses both genuine benefits and very real hazards to the education and development of our future talent. Key to its responsible use is designing AI integration that enhances – without substituting – the development of relevant core and emerging skills; human skills that will be critical to organizations in our AI-powered future.