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Humans in the lead: Beyond AI detection in education

In this episode Rehana Al-Soltane, Learning Manager at the Raspberry Pi Foundation, talks to Sam Illingworth, Professor of critical AI literacy at Edinburgh Napier University, about why AI detection software doesn't work in education, what critical AI literacy looks like in practice, and how we might rethink assessment in the age of AI.

Meet our guests

Rehana Al-Soltane

Rehana is a Learning Manager working on 'Experience AI', where she designs award-winning AI literacy and AI safety resources for global audiences. Her work empowers educators and young people to critically understand, use and create with AI technologies, drawing on research-informed pedagogies, ethics and interdisciplinary curriculum design.

Sam Illingworth

Sam is a Professor of Critical AI literacy at Edinburgh Napier University and the founder of Slow AI, a newsletter and curriculum for critical AI literacy with over 19,000 subscribers. His free browser games for AI literacy have been played over 13,000 times.

Humans in the lead: Beyond AI detection in education

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