{"ID":2923659,"CreatedAt":"2026-06-02T04:05:25.881865328Z","UpdatedAt":"2026-06-04T13:12:39.622923895Z","DeletedAt":null,"paper_url":"https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.02260","arxiv_id":"2606.02260","title":"Guided Sensemaking: Agents in Collaborative Deliberation","abstract":"Generative AI systems are aggressively reshaping how students engage with information and perform cognitive work; convenience-oriented use has the potential to displace effortful reasoning, reflection, and learning, especially for those who lack domain expertise and effective human-AI interaction strategies. Current AI tools are heavily focused on chat-style interfaces geared towards answer generation and efficiency in a linear and fragmented stream of text, offering limited support for structured reflection, argument construction, and sensemaking in collaborative contexts. We introduce Guided Sensemaking, an AI-augmented multiagent discourse platform that facilitates composition of well-thought-out ideas around a central question, provides scaffolding for critical thinking, and enables visualization of argumentative structure to support critical thinking and collaborative deliberation. The system uses several interactive agents to provide context-sensitive questioning prompts and a scaffolding for thought that exposes thematic clusters, agreements, and points of contention without collapsing diverse perspectives. This paper proposes a conceptual design and interaction paradigm that positions generative AI not as a shortcut to answers but as a research partner that externalizes reasoning, preserves user agency, and fosters structured, traceable sensemaking in educational and civic contexts.","short_abstract":"Generative AI systems are aggressively reshaping how students engage with information and perform cognitive work; convenience-oriented use has the potential to displace effortful reasoning, reflection, and learning, especially for those who lack domain expertise and effective human-AI interaction strategies. Current AI...","url_abs":"https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.02260","url_pdf":"https://arxiv.org/pdf/2606.02260v1","authors":"[\"Aaditya Bhatia\",\"Navdeep Kaur Bhatia\",\"Marc-Antoine Parent\",\"Jack Park\"]","published":"2026-06-01T13:48:24Z","proceeding":"cs.HC","tasks":"[\"cs.HC\"]","methods":"[]","has_code":false}