Philosophies & Movements
Critical AI Literacies (CAIL)
Ways of thinking about and relating to so-called artificial intelligence that reject the frames promoted by the technology industry, naive computationalism, and dehumanizing ideologies. The approach centers human cognition and the integrity of academic research and education, and is aimed especially at teachers, students, and researchers deciding whether and how to use AI tools.
Origin
Set out in the paper 'Towards Critical Artificial Intelligence Literacies' (Zenodo, 2025), whose authors include cognitive scientists Olivia Guest and Iris van Rooij. The authors use the plural 'literacies' to describe a collection of practices rather than a single skill.