Toward an Objective Measurement of AI Literacy

Humans multitudinously interact with Artificial Intelligence (AI) as it permeates every aspect of contemporary professional and private life. The socio-technical competencies of humans, i.e., their AI literacy, shape human-AI interactions. While academia does explore AI literacy measurement, current literature exclusively approaches the topic from a subjective perspective. This study draws on a well-established scale development procedure employing ten expert interviews, two card-sorting rounds, and a between-subject comparison study with 88 participants in two groups to define, conceptualize, and empirically validate an objective measurement instrument for AI literacy. With 16 items, our developed instrument discriminates between an AI-literate test and a control group. Furthermore, the structure of our instrument allows us to distinctly assess AI literacy aspects. We contribute to IS education research by providing a new instrument and conceptualizing AI literacy, incorporating critical themes from the literature. Practitioners may employ our instrument to assess AI literacy in their organizations

A Driving License for Intelligent Systems

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is becoming increasingly important. Thus, sound knowledge about the principles of AI will be a crucial factor for future careers of young people as well as for the development of novel, innovative products. Addressing this challenge, we present an ambitious 3-year project focusing on developing and implementing a professional, internationally accepted, standardized training and certification system for AI which will also be recognized by the industry and educational institutions. The approach is based on already implemented and evaluated pilot projects in the area of AI education. The project’s main goal is to train and certify teachers and mentors as well as students and young people in basic and advanced AI topics, fostering AI literacy among this target audience