Critical AI: A Field in Formation
Rita Raley, Jennifer Rhee,
American Literature,
Mar 20, 2023
Though it will no doubt be credited to some ivy-covered institution, the concept of AI literacy (or as it's called here, 'critical AI') has been bubbling up through the discourse for the last few years as an offshoot of digital literacy. This article takes as its point of departure Anna Ridler's 2018 installation Myriad (Tulips), which it calls "one example of an art practice that self-reflexively uses the tools and techniques of ML, also perfectly encapsulates, indexes, and indeed embodies a critical perspective on AI, one that both informs and is shaped by academic research on the same." The same could probably have been said about many of the exhibits at the Ars Electronica exhibit I attended in Linz in 2009. At any rate, we're already to the point where we can find an AI literacy literature review, though just from last year; "the ability to understand, use, monitor, and critically reflect on AI applications without necessarily being able to develop AI models themselves is commonly referred to as being 'AI literate'". You can see more at the McGill guide to AI Literacy. Or the World Economic Forum page on it. Or the Birmingham City report on AI literacy in primary education. Or this training course for young people from the Council of Europe.
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