IBM warns AI spend fails without AI literacy | The Deep View

IBM warns that AI literacy is crucial for the future. At a meeting in Raleigh, IBM distinguished engineer Phaedra Boinodiris and Rachel Levy, North Carolina State University's Executive Director of the Data Science and AI Academy, emphasized that AI literacy must become a baseline competency for everyone. They noted that without widespread AI literacy, organizations risk investing in AI systems that fail to deliver value or cause harm. The speakers stressed the importance of understanding AI as a suite of technologies and the need for interdisciplinary teams to solve future problems. They also highlighted the critical role of non-technical experts in defining data objectives and constraints, arguing that AI systems are only as good as their data, objectives, and constraints.