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We need [Gen AI] literacy like media literacy (jamesg.blog)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Thoughts from James who recently held a Gen AI literacy workshop for older teenagers.

On risks:

One idea I had was to ask a generative model a question and fact check points in front of students, allowing them to see fact checking as part of the process. Upfront, it must be clear that while AI-generated text may be convincing, it may not be accurate.

On usage:

Generative text should not be positioned as, or used as, a tool to entirely replace tasks; that could disempower. Rather, it should be taught to be used as a creativity aid. Such a class should involve an exercise of making something.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I am a software engineer, I have literally forked tensorflow and modified the executor, and I have created neural networks for predicting aquaculture KPIs that have been deployed with great success.

I stopped looking for a year, and now I feel AI illiterate. (insert "too afraid to ask" meme)

My experience suggests it's too early to start teaching people. Let the technology do its loop and settle down.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

That's an excellent point, thanks for sharing your insight!