Comment on Wikimedia Foundation's plans to introduce AI-generated summaries to Wikipedia
cygnus@lemmy.ca 3 days agoIt’s actually true. 54% of Americans are “partially illiterate”:
In 2023, 28% of adults scored at or below Level 1, 29% at Level 2, and 44% at Level 3 or above. Anything below Level 3 is considered “partially illiterate”
I’m genuonely confused how is that even possible in a developed country such as US. Do people not read at all? As in an article or gossip magazine - all of those would get you there.
Is it just country side folk drinking beer and watching fox news? It can’t be 50% of all people. How.
basically the 2nd sentence is a product defunding education in red states, and under funding everywhere else. another issue is “participation grades for basically almost failing and failing classes”.
thier math skills are even worst.
sillyplasm@piefed.social 3 days ago
frankly, I'm not quite surprised ._.
Carnelian@lemmy.world 3 days ago
You might just be chronically tired or worn down from the stresses of life. It’s pretty common.
Another thing is as we get older a lot of people will choose more “challenging” adult books and then just be totally bored lol. I read young adult and kids books sometimes (how can I give a book to a child if I haven’t read it myself?) and it’s always surprising to me how they can be ripped through in no time at all.
But in general I think you’re probably right that literacy can decrease with disuse. It seems like most things about the mind and body trend that way
applemao@lemmy.world 3 days ago
The mind is a muscle. Don’t ignore it. Especially now, if you use your mind you’ll be light-years ahead of ai addicts.
ladfrombrad@lemdro.id 3 days ago
Maths is a really good example of this.
At one point I really enjoyed doing long division in my head but as time goes on (and you don’t exercise that sponge…), it becomes lazy.