AI Literacy as a Protective Competence for Workers in Society and Economy 5.0

11th International Scientific Conference Technics, Informatics and Education – TIE 2026, (pp. 457-464)

АУТОР(И) / AUTHOR(S): Renata Tomaszewska

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.46793/TIE26.457T

САЖЕТАК /ABSTRACT:

This paper addresses artificial intelligence (AI) literacy as a competence with protective potential for workers in Society and Economy 5.0. The analysis asks how AI literacy can be reinterpreted to reduce risks arising from the automation and algorithmisation of decision-making and to limit the information asymmetry between humans and AI systems. The study adopts a conceptual-analytical approach based on a literature review and qualitative narrative and thematic analysis. AI literacy was reinterpreted functionally by mapping relationships between its components and categories of labour market risks across three levels: individual, organisational, and systemic. The findings indicate that AI literacy is a multidimensional competence that is not only adaptive but also protective, grounded in reducing information asymmetry between the worker and AI systems and strengthening the capacity for critical evaluation and control of algorithmic processes. It thereby enhances individual agency in a work environment dominated by AI systems. A low level of AI literacy is associated with three categories of risks: decision-related (including algorithmic discrimination), competence-related (loss of professional skills), and structural (technological unemployment and deepening digital inequalities). AI literacy should therefore be regarded as a systemic, protective competence and an essential element of the socio-economic infrastructure of Economy 5.0.

КЉУЧНЕ РЕЧИ / KEYWORDS: 

AI literacy; Society 5.0; Economy 5.0; future skills; work transformation

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