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Interactional foundations for critical AI literacies
Argues that the appeal of large language models is rooted in human interactional and interpretive processes, not in machine intelligence. Tracing a line from divination and ELIZA to present-day LLMs, Dingemanse follows Lucy Suchman in slowing down 'discourses of the smart machines' and shows how fluid output, fine-tuned overconfidence, and interactive design exploit our interpretive infrastructure. Critical AI literacy, the paper argues, must be grounded in a deep understanding of human interaction and sense-making.