I was having a conversation with a 40s attorney, parent to 3 teenagers - who didn't know what an LLM stood for. In the moment I just shared some AI basics (I consult on emerging tech), but afterwards, it dumbfounded me. Were they just an outlier or is there still a big lack of basic AI literacy?
![“Star Trek was an attempt to say that humanity will reach maturity and wisdom on the day that it begins not just to tolerate, but take a special delight in differences in ideas and differences in life forms. […] If we cannot learn to actually enjoy those small differences, to take a positive delight in those small differences between our own kind, here on this planet, then we do not deserve to go out into space and meet the diversity that is almost certainly out there.” ― Gene Roddenberry](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:fqs2duvaivo6xjhzvlhxaenw/bafkreieluguzv7oxduvud2akras4p2zdjo33rdz43rsohszct6wuui2wsa)
