Sharing the learning from an intervention to gain deeper insights in public deliberation In late 2024, We and AI were commissioned by the Ada Lovelace Institute on their project ‘Making good’, to provide a critical AI literacy programme. Through deliberative engagement with communities in Belfast, Brixton and Southampton, the research explored how people feel about […]
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We have been enjoying working with Professor Kathryn Conrad to define some key elements of critical AI literacy, including how it differs from AI and digital literacy, and why it is currently needed as an addition to AI literacy. There is a growing recognition of the need for ways of learning about AI that address […]
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With the rise of generative AI tools like ChatGPT and image generators, deepfakes have become more convincing and widespread. Anyone with access to a computer can replace a person’s face on-screen with another’s, or create a convincing impression of a person’s voice using speech synthesis. While these technologies may have creative and educational uses, they […]
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Opinion: By Tania Duarte In the absence of any funded civil society or national school and adult initiatives in the UK, tech companies fill the vacuum. For instance, Snapchat.AI have an AI literacy guide and Google DeepMind have developed Experience AI. It can seem sensible to educators and policymakers to make use of free resources […]
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Why preparing people needs to come first for our economy Opinion: by Ismael Kherroubi Garcia The UK government has consistently made the case in recent years for promoting innovation through the investment in, and development and deployment of, artificial intelligence (AI) research and systems. However, the government has not made any significant headway in filling […]
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News: The second run of a five-week free course for anyone on AI starts on the 15th January 2023 We were delighted to work with The Scottish AI Alliance designing content for their course designed to give the general public of Scotland (and beyond!) an introduction to the world of AI. The course was to […]
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Opinion: By Tess Buckley My Grandpa (or, as I called him, Boppy) used to read the paper every morning. I remember eating my eggs in silence with him and squinting, trying my best to catch whatever was on the other side of his reading. He shook the papers before flipping to the next side as […]
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