been noticing this weird gap lately where every business leader is talking about AI skills like, they’re essential, but when you actually look at what’s being taught or trained, it’s pretty surface level. prompting tips, basic verification, not much about where models actually fail or how to spot bias in the output. i run a contracting business and even i’ve had to piece together my own workflows for lead follow-up, scheduling, and chasing down web-form leads because there’s no real structured path for someone like me, at least none i’ve found. that’s just my experience, but i don’t think i’m alone. there’s a stat floating around that organizations with structured upskilling programs are significantly more, likely to see real returns from AI, and honestly that tracks with what i’ve observed. the people actually getting value out of this stuff aren’t just dabbling, they’ve built something intentional, around it, specific workflows, clear use cases, not just opening a chat window and winging it. the school side of this is even messier. there’s been a wave of state-level education bills adding AI curriculum and guardrails, which sounds like momentum, but, from what i’ve read, a pretty small share of teachers say the policies they’re working under are actually clear. policy moving faster than implementation is a recipe for confusion, and that gap tends to fall on the people in the classroom. the EU AI Act is already in force with some literacy-related obligations baked in, so there’s at least one framework trying to define what this looks like in practice. the u.s. is still pretty fragmented on that front. the real debate i keep coming back to is whether literacy means knowing how to use AI well inside your, actual workflow, or whether it means understanding enough about how these models work to know when not to trust them. curious what people here think is the more useful framing right now, practical workflow fluency or deeper understanding of what’s happening under the hood? submitted by /u/resbeefspat
Originally posted by u/resbeefspat on r/ArtificialInteligence