AI Literacy: Staying Sharp as the Field Moves

End-of-lesson check

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1. What is a literate response to a field that moves faster than any individual can track?

   1. Try to read every release
   2. Design an information diet that keeps you fluent without consuming you
   3. Stop following AI altogether
   4. Only read social media

2. Which source pattern beats chasing every release?

   1. All vendor blog posts
   2. Only YouTube hot-takes
   3. A small number of high-signal sources
   4. Random Twitter threads

3. Which kind of practice builds intuition fastest?

   1. Skimming summaries only
   2. Watching influencer videos only
   3. Memorizing benchmark numbers
   4. Hands-on building, not just reading

4. Which signal is more reliable than vendor PR?

   1. Capability frontiers and cost curves over time
   2. Press releases
   3. Hype videos
   4. Conference posters

5. What's a useful skill in a noisy field?

   1. Trying everything immediately
   2. Knowing what you can safely ignore until it's proven
   3. Buying every tool
   4. Adopting every framework

6. Which task is AI literacy specifically NOT about?

   1. Building intuition
   2. Following high-signal sources
   3. Predicting which technologies will matter in 18 months
   4. Tracking cost curves

7. Why won't reading replace doing?

   1. Reading is forbidden
   2. Doing is forbidden
   3. Reading takes longer
   4. Reading transmits ideas; doing transmits skill

8. What concrete audit is recommended?

   1. Look at the last month's AI consumption and cut sources by half
   2. Subscribe to ten more newsletters
   3. Ignore audits
   4. Block the internet

9. What should you do with the time freed by cutting sources?

   1. Watch more videos
   2. Build one small AI thing yourself
   3. Reply to all comments
   4. Sleep less

10. What is true about hype versus reality over a 3-year window?

    1. Hype is always right
    2. Hype is always wrong
    3. Today's overhyped is often underestimated in 3 years (and vice versa)
    4. Hype never changes

11. What's the cure for hype?

    1. Louder takes
    2. More feeds
    3. Reading more press releases
    4. Hands-on experience

12. Which is the right mindset toward being wrong sometimes?

    1. Accept it — the field surprises everyone
    2. Avoid being wrong by reading more
    3. Hide your wrong takes
    4. Quit immediately

13. Why are 'filter bubbles' a risk in AI literacy?

    1. They make the model run faster
    2. A narrow source set can echo a single perspective
    3. They reduce internet bills
    4. They are always good

14. Which is a high-signal source attribute?

    1. Always positive about every release
    2. Drops anonymous claims
    3. Calls its own past calls right or wrong over time
    4. Never explains methodology

15. What is the litmus test for a genuinely useful tool?

    1. It went viral
    2. It has a long demo video
    3. It has many investors
    4. It survives your own use over time