Media and Information Literacy as a Response to Generative AI
The promise of the Internet to democratize information, digital equity, and the participatory approach to democracy and digital citizenship has never been as important as today, with cutting-edge technology and the increasingly dominating force of artificial intelligence. When Generative AI has become accessible to all, not only computer scientists, it has become necessary to empower citizens with Media and Information Literacy (MIL) knowledge, skills, values and attitudes to navigate safely and wisely the complex AI-powered media, information and communication landscape. MIL imposes, therefore, itself as a viable response to Generative AI to set the balance right between technological advances and ethics in an increasingly digital world, preparing humanity for the empowering and at the same time challenging artificial intelligence era.
