I enjoyed this piece from Michael G. Wagner. You will want to read the whole piece but here’s a taste:

…the most productive path forward is to frame AI literacy not as a set of technical skills, but as a critical and cultural practice. This perspective shifts our focus from the mechanics of tool proficiency—like prompt engineering—to the cultivation of enduring intellectual habits: critical thinking, ethical reasoning, and sound judgment.

From this vantage point, AI literacy isn’t a new subject to be squeezed into our curriculum; it is a modern expression of our timeless goal as educators: to empower students to think for themselves, question the world around them, and make discerning choices about the powerful tools they encounter.

It’s the last that’s up in the air…making discerning choices about powerful tools. It reminds me of the old TechApp TEKS…the about students being able to self-select the tools they will use to accomplish academic tasks.

Things haven’t changed that much because we haven’t. The tools have but that’s always been the case…a long time ago, people probably argued about whether using a stick to fish for termites was the right thing to do or not.