Stephen Downes

The AI skill people are lacking, says Sean Stowers, is 'discernment', "the ability to decide whether AI belongs in a given task, which tool fits the situation, what good output actually looks like in your specific context, and when the situation calls for your own expertise instead." He cites 'Learning & AI strategist' David Chestnut, who writes that people focus on skills rather than behaviour change. "People can understand AI, relate to it differently, and still revert to old ways of working. Not because they don't get it - but because behavior change has always been hard." None of this is wrong per se but it's too narrow (and people, are talking about it). It's more than behaviour change, more than 'get on board with the new strategy', more than just 'hard'. It's like they're suggesting people take a leap of faith, but there's more to faith than a leap.