This study examines the philosophical implications of AI-based mathematics education design on learners’ cognition and modes of being through Heidegger’s concept of Gestell (enframing). Analysis of academic literature, policy documents, and AI lea...
This study examines the philosophical implications of AI-based mathematics education design on learners’ cognition and modes of being through Heidegger’s concept of Gestell (enframing). Analysis of academic literature, policy documents, and AI learning platforms shows that AI-based design operates through datafication, algorithmization, and automation, justified by discourses of personalization, efficiency, and objectivity. However, such personalization is limited to algorithmically predefined options, while efficiency-oriented design marginalizes nonlinear and emergent learning processes. Immediate feedback and path optimization constrain opportunities for conceptual reconstruction through cognitive disequilibrium, and individualized environments weaken sociocultural learning and self-regulated learning development. Ontologically, learners are positioned as data sources and optimization targets, exemplifying Heidegger’s notion of Bestand (standing reserve). In response, the study proposes educational-philosophical design principles, reinforcement of teachers’ roles as critical mediators, long-term qualitative evaluation systems, and a mutually critical relationship between education and technology. The significance of AI-based mathematics education lies not in technical performance but in expanding learners’ existential possibilities and realizing the essence of mathematical thinking.