Editing AI Literacy as a bottle neck (section)

== '''1. Why AI Literacy is a Bottleneck''' ==
Students use AI tools in their coursework without critically examining their purpose, process, or implications of that use. They treat AI as an invisible tool rather than a choice requiring reflection. To frame it as an analogy, we are driving on a highway and we as teachers/educators/instructors see the AI exit but struggle to get to the exit, but with our students they don't even see the exit.

'''More Specific''': Students default to using AI tools for assignments without considering: (1) whether AI is appropriate for the task, (2) how AI might be shaping their thinking, (3) what they might be missing by relying on AI, or (4) the ethical implications of their AI use