Let’s start with the second one first. The reason that AI literacy is critical is that AI is the new immersive technology.
So then, what is AI literacy? It’s a good question, because, unlike “literacy 1.0,” the answer is pretty complex. Here’s more from a recent presentation by Chis McKay at IIA, who started out with a call to action and a cautionary example of siloed knowledge. AI literacy, he suggested, will come with a range of pretty important social benefits, especially if it is broadly applied.