What does computer literacy mean for 2026?

https://sjg.io/writing/the-2026-computer-literate-bar/

by simonjgreen • 9 months ago

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vaylian• 9 months ago

This is mostly computer literacy for people who are already committed to using office and AI products from Microsoft, Google and Apple. For those people the article provides good actionable advice. But I like to contest that this is required to achieve "computer literacy in 2026". In many cases, AI is a vehicle for sending your personal and business data to a Big Tech cloud. Depending on the tasks that you need to perform, AI may not be a significant help.

CrispinS• 9 months ago

I suppose it's fitting that an article concerned largely with AI was written largely by AI. (I noticed a lot of GPT-isms.)

I mean, it is mostly solid advice, e.g. asking AI to cite sources (and checking them!) and asking about the assumptions it's making.

And on the subject of automating things or making things more efficient, I'd extend that to a general reminder that just because things are the way the are, doesn't mean they have to be that way.

Which sounds obvious, but it's so easy to get used to a situation in your life that you don't like, but it's not so horrendous that you're motivated to do something about it. And then it just becomes background and you forget that there's the possibility of a better reality.

Speaking from many personal experiences here...

What does computer literacy mean for 2026?

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