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Teaching kids what AI is (and isn’t)
05/02/2019
Topics: Artificial intelligence
Today’s students are the first generation to grow up in a world with artificial intelligence. But many don’t realize it.
Designed to blend seamlessly with other technologies, AI operates invisibly…

Kids Teaching Kids — With Chatbots
01/25/2022
Topics: Artificial intelligence, Virtual reality
The client: A second grade classroom learning about nutrition.
The developers: Eighth grade computer science students exploring how artificial intelligence works.
The product: A chatbot capable of dispensing information about local produce.
Today’s students will live and…

3 unplugged activities for teaching about AI
02/04/2020
Topics: Artificial intelligence
Today’s students will live and work side by side with artificial intelligence. But will they understand it?
What kids know about AI often comes from movies like Wall-E and Big Hero 6, in which they see robots thinking, feeling and learning autonomously. But while…