this post was submitted on 18 Sep 2025
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Ouch.
The illiteracy and ignorance is intentional.
Lower AI literacy being… like people who barely understand how to use a computer, or people who aren’t actively developing the AI systems of the future?
Literacy as in they don't understand the tool itself. Like that it is a predictive language model, that it can hallucinate, it doesn't have feelings, it isn't living. AI psychosis typically centers around this and once someone emotionally bonds to AI, it is SUPER HARD to convince them it isn't alive, prophetic, etc. Narcissists in particular seem susceptible.
You can click through to the article on the research or the research itself...
Literacy in this article is talking about the depth of understanding about the mechanics behind AI, even if barely below the surface. That people who learn basic concepts like it being a statistical regurgitation machine tend to dislike it when compared to people who think a gnome wizard with encyclopedic knowledge and agency has moved into their computer.
I read "low AI literacy" as being unable to discern AI images/writing from something made by a human. Like a Turing test, maybe.
Dunning-Kruger, but AI.
Chat-DK
AI technically has no knowledge but will speak with authority on any topic hallucinating to fill gaps.
Though for the humans it's, "The more i learn the more obvious your shortcomings" which is really more of a Dunning-Kruger corollary.