The fundamental right to AI literacy will provide a baseline for supporting education, equality, democratic participation, and social integration in a period of mass AI automation | Edition #296
Let's start with basic literacy! Let's focus on essential skills such as the ability to read and comprehend what you read, think about it, write about it, discuss ideas with others and collaborate, and use what you learn in new ways.
Part of basic literacy involves being able to discern credible sources, which means avoiding exploitive, slop-producing LLMs that don't allow readers to identify and evaluate source materials.
EstoniaAI Leap (TI-Hüpe) Program: As a digital-first pioneer, Estonia officially integrated artificial intelligence into its national education system. The program specifically prepares students in understanding and applying AI, alongside comprehensive summer training for teachers. Maybe not a "Fundamental Right", damn close.
I totally agree! I am in the process of developing a simple app that could at least explain basic knowledge about AI to anyone... and I believe China has already implemented use of LLMs into the curriculum for elementary school children. Europe/US needs to up their game.
Let's recognise the inevitability and ubiquitous narrative is beneficial for and no doubt being promoted by the big AI companies. I've been guilty of it myself. I am curious about what AI literacy looks like. At it's best it will be recognising and nurturing human traits that are atrophied and neglected regardless of the existence of AI. Starting with presence. Staying open to the tension arising from uncertainty to allow growth. I'm writing an essay that touches on this at the moment. The main purpose is to understand the deeper beliefs and systemic patterns that are driving AI adoption and questions that prompt everyone to be considered and reflective on our relationship with AI and grow our relationship with ourselves
I second this. It’s why I am in the L&D space for AI. I watched the internet change things, AI will as well. Access to WiFi and AI will become fundamental. We still don’t know exactly what that looks like but the thinking and skills necessary we do mostly know.
I watched Oprah’s podcast interview with the Amodei siblings. They described it as a train everyone is on and there’s no stopping it.
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Let's start with basic literacy! Let's focus on essential skills such as the ability to read and comprehend what you read, think about it, write about it, discuss ideas with others and collaborate, and use what you learn in new ways.
Part of basic literacy involves being able to discern credible sources, which means avoiding exploitive, slop-producing LLMs that don't allow readers to identify and evaluate source materials.
EstoniaAI Leap (TI-Hüpe) Program: As a digital-first pioneer, Estonia officially integrated artificial intelligence into its national education system. The program specifically prepares students in understanding and applying AI, alongside comprehensive summer training for teachers. Maybe not a "Fundamental Right", damn close.
Interesting. Do all ages have access to an LLM?
I wonder how AI literacy should be approached in places where there are still high rates of illiteracy?
I totally agree! I am in the process of developing a simple app that could at least explain basic knowledge about AI to anyone... and I believe China has already implemented use of LLMs into the curriculum for elementary school children. Europe/US needs to up their game.
Let's recognise the inevitability and ubiquitous narrative is beneficial for and no doubt being promoted by the big AI companies. I've been guilty of it myself. I am curious about what AI literacy looks like. At it's best it will be recognising and nurturing human traits that are atrophied and neglected regardless of the existence of AI. Starting with presence. Staying open to the tension arising from uncertainty to allow growth. I'm writing an essay that touches on this at the moment. The main purpose is to understand the deeper beliefs and systemic patterns that are driving AI adoption and questions that prompt everyone to be considered and reflective on our relationship with AI and grow our relationship with ourselves
Yes, these are kind of access and empowerment rights.
AI is much too powerful to let it „walk alone“. We might lose our sovereignty if we lack the basic AI literacy.
It is a pillar in the necessary „Enlightenment 4.0“ project, as AI literacy stops superstition & mystifcations about current LLM-based AI.
I second this. It’s why I am in the L&D space for AI. I watched the internet change things, AI will as well. Access to WiFi and AI will become fundamental. We still don’t know exactly what that looks like but the thinking and skills necessary we do mostly know.
I watched Oprah’s podcast interview with the Amodei siblings. They described it as a train everyone is on and there’s no stopping it.