> I'd like to see a future where more developers have a basic understanding of ML even if they never go on to do much of it. I think we would all benefit from being a bit more ML-literate.

Why "ML-literate" specifically? Also, there are some people against calculus and statistic in CS curriculum because it's not "useful" or "practical", why does ML get special treatment here?

Plus, I don't think a "gotcha" question like "what is gradient descent" will give you a good signal about someone if it get popularized. It probably will lead to the present-day OOP cargo cult, where everyone just memorizes whatever their lecturer/bootcamp/etc and repeats it to you without actually understanding what it does, why it's the preferred method over other strategies, etc.