Writer · Researcher · University leader

How AI changes
what we know.

And how we learn, exercise judgment, and decide what thinking to do for ourselves.

I’m Leo S. Lo. I explore these questions through research, teaching, and writing, and develop practical approaches to AI literacy.

Leo S. Lo
Leo S. LoCharlottesville, Virginia

Dean of Libraries and University Librarian · University of Virginia
Special Advisor to the Provost on AI Literacy · Professor of Education by courtesy

More about me

Writings have appeared in

The GuardianThe ConversationFortuneInside Higher EdTimes Higher Education

A few places to begin

Questions into practice.

All ideas & tools

Selected essay · The Conversation

Can you trust
the answer?

A practical way to examine the explanations AI gives us, and decide what needs a closer look.

Read the essay

A published approach

Read an AI answer with care.

Classify. Assess. Review. Enhance. Four moves for examining and improving an AI answer.

Explore CARE

Teaching & research in progress

What thinking
are you delegating?

In my UVA seminar, students examine their habits of thinking, judgment, and AI use.

Explore the teaching
Leo S. Lo presenting What AI Literacy Actually Means at the National Geographic Society
National Geographic Society · What AI Literacy Actually Means · June 2026

Speaking & workshops

Bring the questions
into the room.

Conversations about AI should help people make better decisions. I speak with educators, institutional leaders, and professional communities about knowledge, judgment, and change.

The AI answer economyHuman judgmentInstitutional adaptation

Selected speaking hosts & events

World Bank GroupNational Geographic SocietyTHE Global AI SummitLibrary of CongressBodleian Libraries, University of Oxford