In one activity, a teacher might show children something an AI system got wrong, and ask them to identify what is incorrect or unfair. In another, the teacher pretends to be a robot and asks children to give increasingly precise instructions, teaching them how machines respond to the information they receive.
Ok, that’s great, but then why are they also interviewing AI pharaohs as part of their assignments on Egypt? I think it’s good that kids are thought that AI is not always accurate or able to understand what you’re asking of it, but I really don’t think they should be actually using it themselves, certainly not before high school.
Exactly. Teaching AI literacy is like teaching kids about advertising: you explain how manipulation works, not hand them a marketing budget. An AI pharaoh is especially absurd: a chatbot confidently improvising ancient history while the class learns to mistake a convincing performance for a primary source.
Ok, that’s great, but then why are they also interviewing AI pharaohs as part of their assignments on Egypt? I think it’s good that kids are thought that AI is not always accurate or able to understand what you’re asking of it, but I really don’t think they should be actually using it themselves, certainly not before high school.
sounds like bait to make it sound reasonable
Exactly. Teaching AI literacy is like teaching kids about advertising: you explain how manipulation works, not hand them a marketing budget. An AI pharaoh is especially absurd: a chatbot confidently improvising ancient history while the class learns to mistake a convincing performance for a primary source.