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anciano

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1. Due to the arrival of the digital age and new technologies

Reply to buzzycrumbhunger (Original post)

Mon Dec 8, 2025, 07:43 PM

20 hrs ago

such as the internet and AI, our ways of thinking, processing knowledge and interacting with information are rapidly evolving. So perhaps the traditional methods of measuring literacy need to evolve as well? Just a thought....🤔

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Due to the arrival of the digital age and new technologies anciano 20 hrs ago #1

No. You can process information much, much faster reading it than listening to someone read it, and highplainsdem 6 hrs ago #4

"ballots were written" - often deliberately confusing. Questions written so that 'yes' means disapproval. Norrrm 19 hrs ago #2

But generative AI has improved their writing Redleg 7 hrs ago #3

GenAI is the best tech ever for dumbing people down and deskilling them. highplainsdem 6 hrs ago #5