One focal student exhibited a critical-pragmatic humanistic AI literacy, conceptualizing AI as a manipulable tool and evaluating it by rhetorical efficiency¶

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Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · qualitative r2–r3 · q2
Currency · newest study 2025 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person · recheck by 2028: local conditions change quickly

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Zhimo conceptualized AI as a sophisticated but non-agentic tool to be trained and manipulated for human-defined writing tasks, positioning himself as the ultimate literacy agent. → Zhaozhe Wang 2025 q2 i? Zhimo's evaluation of AI assistance centered on efficiency, mentioned repeatedly in his interview, and treated AI as an external instrumental force rather than a mediational element of the environment. → Zhaozhe Wang 2025 (2)

Evidence¶

Zhaozhe Wang 2025¶

Zhaozhe Wang, Chaoran Wang. (2025). A posthumanist approach to AI literacy. Computers and Composition 76 (2025) 102933. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compcom.2025.102933

q2 · i? · qualitative · r2

Case-study analysis of Zhimo's interview and reflection data. He used metaphors such as "search engine," "machine," and "tool," and described an interactive philosophy of letting AI refine grammar while keeping his own logic intact as his authentic literacy agency.

"Zhimo perceives and conceptualizes AI technologies as a sophisticated, linguistically and rhetorically capable tool that can be “调教 (“tiao jiao”: trained and manipulated)” to perform a set of distinct, human-articulated writing tasks."

Zhaozhe Wang 2025 (2)¶

Zhaozhe Wang, Chaoran Wang. (2025). A posthumanist approach to AI literacy. Computers and Composition 76 (2025) 102933. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compcom.2025.102933

q2 · i? · qualitative · r3

Analysis of Zhimo's 1.5-hour interview shows his pragmatism was characterized by a pursuit of efficiency; the authors report he mentioned the notion eight times and evaluated AI as an external force that accelerates human-environment interaction.

"During the 1.5-hour interview session, Zhimo mentioned the notion of 高效 (“gao xiao”: efficiency) eight times, suggesting his internalized axiological disposition toward the purpose of AI assistance"

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Digital Literacy — outcome: instruction changes it

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