Artificial intelligence won't be taking over the world any time soon. All AI in use at this time is "narrow," a tool made by humans to help accomplish something.
They're used in classrooms, where children as young as kindergarten are using robots to better and more quickly grasp mathematical concepts. But the kids also need to be educated about the robots they use, the difference between themselves and the technology.
If AI can confuse adults, kids are definitely more vulnerable to confusion. Many children think robots are smarter than humans or imbue them with magical powers.
But children as young as four years old can, when taught, recognize that they remain “smarter” than a computer that beats them at a game.
Ideas to help raise an "AI-savvy" child:
- refer to a robot as "it"
- be positive about the benefits of AI
- encourage kids to understand how a robot was built, that humans are the source of its "intelligence"
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