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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] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How old are you?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Ha ha sorry I see now my comment is meaningless without that. I'm just at the very end of Gen X, so called Xennial/Settlers of Catan generation.

So basically I'm saying some of the Gen X people and Boomers in senior roles now seem not to understand the limitations of LLMs and are trying to incorporate them anyway.