How kids feel about AI, in their own words
When we set out to talk to kids about artificial intelligence, we thought we knew what we’d hear.
When we set out to talk to kids about artificial intelligence, we thought we knew what we’d hear.
The short version
- We expected some to tell us they were using it to cheat a little, the way Millennials and Gen Xers opened up CliffsNotes or programmed formulas into their TI-82s, and others to share inspiring ways they were…
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- AI doesn’t yet seem to be something a lot of elementary- or middle-school-age kids we spoke to are focused on—and they aren’t begging for it, the way they do for iPhones and Snapchat accounts.
What happened
Many told us that some of their first AI encounters came from their parents or schools. Sometimes, they said, it’s just embedded in the devices and apps they already rely on.
Why it matters
It’s just there, in things like a Google search.
Summary by Nerd News Network. Read the full article at MIT Technology Review — AI via the links above and below.