Ep 381: AI Literacy Is National Infrastructure, Says NESC

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This episode discusses the importance of AI literacy as a national infrastructure and its implications for governance and decision-making.

Send us Fan Mail AI literacy isn’t a nice-to-have anymore; it’s a national infrastructure. In this episode, I unpack a major new report from the National Economic and Social Council that puts AI literacy on the same level as broadband and electricity. The message is clear: without it, leaders are making decisions they can’t properly assess, govern, or trust. So what does true AI literacy actually look like? And why is it now a governance issue, not a training exercise? Let’s get into it. Want...

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Host: Joanne Sweeney

Topics covered

• AI literacy
• national infrastructure
• governance
• decision making
• technology

Keywords

• AI literacy
• infrastructure
• governance
• decision making
• technology

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Organizations: National Economic and Social Council

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