Augmented Minds
Essays on AI literacy, higher education, adaptive expertise and human–AI work.
AI makes capable output abundant. The educational question is how people develop the knowledge and judgement to direct it well.
If AI removes the routine work through which novices once developed judgement, universities must deliberately rebuild the practice, feedback and accountable performance that make expertise possible.
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