Resources

Curated reading and learning materials

A hand-picked selection of AI literacy resources, prioritising quality, independence, and accessibility for non-technical readers.

Tools and Prompts

Practical, free tools you can use today. Built by Human+AI and the guests on Stacks on Deck, hosted here so nothing asks for your email.

The Career Path Audit (Melonie de Guzman) →Knowledge workers, mid-career professionals

One AI prompt that interviews you about your actual week, sorts your work into what AI compresses, amplifies and leaves human, then gives a plain verdict on whether the role you are working toward still exists. Free, no sign-up, about 30 minutes.

Why it matters: Most people ask whether AI can do their job. The sharper question is what the job is becoming. Shared by career strategist Melonie de Guzman on Stacks on Deck.

AI Literacy Frameworks

Structured approaches to understanding and teaching AI literacy, developed by researchers and educational organisations.

AI4K12: Five Big Ideas in AI ↗Educators, curriculum designers, students

A framework developed by AI researchers and educators identifying the five core concepts every student should understand about artificial intelligence.

Why it matters: Provides a structured, research-backed vocabulary for teaching AI concepts from primary school through secondary education.

Day of AI (MIT) ↗Secondary school students and teachers

Curriculum materials developed by MIT to introduce AI concepts to secondary students, with an emphasis on societal implications alongside technical basics.

Why it matters: Free, academically rigorous materials that go beyond technical explanations to examine the social and ethical dimensions of AI.

Teaching AI Literacy

Resources for educators integrating AI literacy into classroom and curriculum contexts.

Elements of AI ↗General public, non-technical learners, educators

A free online course teaching AI concepts without requiring a technical background, developed by Reaktor and the University of Helsinki.

Why it matters: One of the most successful public AI literacy initiatives globally, with clear explanations of how AI works and what it cannot reliably do.

TeachAI ↗School administrators, policy makers, curriculum designers

A coalition providing guidance and policy frameworks for schools integrating AI literacy into their curricula.

Why it matters: Addresses the institutional and policy dimension of AI in education, beyond the individual classroom level.

Research Papers and Reports

Rigorous, independently produced research on the state of AI, its societal implications, and governance approaches.

Stanford AI Index ↗Researchers, policy professionals, journalists, educators

An annual report tracking the state of AI development across research, industry, policy, and society, rigorously sourced.

Why it matters: The most comprehensive annual overview of AI progress and its societal implications, maintained by an independent academic institution.

OECD AI Policy Observatory ↗Policy professionals, researchers, educators

A repository of AI policies, principles, and research from OECD member countries.

Why it matters: Essential for understanding how governments around the world are approaching AI regulation and governance.

Recommended Learning Materials

The best accessible materials for non-technical readers who want to go deeper: videos, books, and newsletters.

But what is a GPT? (3Blue1Brown) ↗Curious general readers, educators, students

A visual explanation of transformer architecture and how language models work, produced without requiring a mathematics background.

Why it matters: The clearest visual explanation of LLM architecture available to non-specialists.

AI Snake Oil (Narayanan & Kapoor) ↗General readers, journalists, policy professionals

A newsletter and book examining overhyped AI claims and explaining what AI can and cannot reliably do.

Why it matters: One of the most rigorous public-interest resources for evaluating AI claims accurately and skeptically.