AI For Everyone: My Millennium Fellowship Project on AI Literacy

Anyone can open an AI tool and get an answer in seconds. But what happens when that answer is wrong? Do we know when to question it? Do we understand the consequences of using it?

That is the conversation I want to be part of. AI For Everyone is my Millennium Fellowship project, and this is the two-minute version of what it is.

The gap I care about#

There are two different things people mean by "access to AI".

The first is being able to use it. That problem is mostly solved. If you have a phone and a connection, you have a very capable assistant.

The second is knowing what to do with what it tells you: when to trust it, when to check it, and when using it is the wrong call entirely. I call that critical AI literacy, and it is nowhere near solved. It is not even evenly distributed among people who use AI every day.

AI For Everyone works on the second one. It sits under UN Sustainable Development Goal 4: Quality Education, because understanding the tools that are reshaping school and work is now part of what a good education means.

What the project does#

1. Content people actually watch#

I make content about AI in relatable formats, built around whatever is current, so the technology is easier to understand and more interesting to explore. In the 30 days before I recorded this video, that content reached over 80,000 views on Instagram.

I also collaborate with other Millennium Fellows to make content that teaches our audiences about AI and the topics around it.

The format matters more than people think. Nobody shares a lecture. People share the thing that made them go "wait, really?", and that moment is where the learning gets in.

2. Conversations beyond the screen#

Getting someone interested in AI is only the beginning. Through government school visits and sessions with college students, I take these conversations offline.

In those rooms we look at how AI can actually be useful, and we talk about its ethics and responsible use in the same breath. Not as a separate "ethics module" at the end. As part of using the tool at all.

3. A newsletter for people starting out#

I write AI This Week, a newsletter focused on helping freshers navigate their careers in an AI-driven world. It is the same idea in a different shape: here is what changed, here is what it means for you, here is what to do about it.

What I want students to leave with#

I do not want students to simply learn which tools to use. Tools change every few months. A list of apps is out of date before the workshop ends.

I want them to leave with three habits:

• Think critically. An answer that sounds confident is not the same as an answer that is right.
• Question what AI tells them. Where could this be wrong? How would I check?
• Understand the responsibility. If you submit it, send it or act on it, it is yours. "The AI said so" is not a defence in an exam, at work or anywhere else.

Every student deserves the chance to understand the technology that is increasingly shaping the world around them. Not just the students at schools with the budget for it.

Where this goes next#

AI For Everyone is about more than helping people keep up with new technology. It is about helping them understand it, question it and use it responsibly.

I want to take it further: reach more students, and make AI education a bigger part of how we learn rather than a one-off guest session. The future of AI is being shaped right now. I would like as many people as possible to have a say in it, and you cannot have a say in something you do not understand.

Get involved#

• Schools and colleges: if you would like a session for your students, write to me.
• Fellows and creators: I am always up for collaborating on content that makes AI easier to understand.
• Everyone else: AI This Week is free, and it is the easiest way to follow along.