Recemt reports show that more non-developers are using AI to create apps and to work more quickly. Coupled with the pace of change within frontier models, the need for workers to understand how to use AI safely and effectively grows in urgency. Anthropic has created within its Claude Academy a 4D AI Fluency Framework that includes four competencies: Delegation, Description, Discernment, and Diligence. Anthropic said it teaches this while onboarding new employees, but the training is not specifically tied to Claude and is open to anyone using any model. After onboarding, the company said, they add programs “that deeply explore AI’s capabilities and limitations as well as evidence-based practices for working on human-agent teams,” the company wrote in its announcement.
Among the things new AI users can learn is recognizing the mistakes AI tends to make, so reviews of its work are quicker and more effective, as well as practices for teams of both people and AI agents. And, the learning goes beyond the human-agent conversation to even asking such things as ‘Which task should I give to AI?”, and how to ethically disclose the use of AI — where it helped generate documents or analyses — to help learners build what Anthropic calls “an intentional relationship” with AI.
The academy also can recommend courses based. on specific areas of interest and create the learning path that targets that interest.
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