AXIOS (Russell Contreras) - AI is masking America's "post-literate" workforce
Millions of working Americans struggle to read at a functional level — and artificial intelligence may be helping hide it. Why it matters: Low literacy is quietly becoming a major economic drag, even as AI tools allow workers to complete tasks they may not fully understand. - Experts warn that this can mask deeper skill gaps until workers are asked to make judgments, solve problems or evaluate AI-generated answers. - Some researchers call this "cognitive surrender" — when people defer to AI outputs without fully evaluating them. - That creates a workforce that looks productive on the surface but is vulnerable to disruption. By the numbers: Roughly 130 million U.S. adults read below a sixth-grade level, according to adult literacy…