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The Future of AI

Computing · Artificial Intelligence · ages 9-11
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  1. Which of these is something most people would want AI to do?

    • Decide who your friends should be
    • Help doctors find sicknesses earlier
    • Copy your homework so you don't have to think

  2. Which of these is a way AI might be used in the future that does not exist yet?

    • AI that helps invent brand-new medicines no one has discovered
    • AI that recommends videos for you to watch
    • A phone that can make calls

  3. Since AI will be part of your life for a long time, what you think about it matters.

    Circle one:   True   False

  4. Ben wants AI to help him study, but he does NOT want AI to take his test for him. What is he really saying?

    • He wants AI to help him learn, not replace his own thinking
    • He does not trust AI at all
    • He wants AI to do all his schoolwork

  5. Mia says, 'In the future, AI could translate any language instantly so people everywhere can understand each other.' Why is this a good example of a future AI use?

    • Because AI already translates every language perfectly today
    • Because it has nothing to do with AI at all
    • Because it is something AI cannot fully do yet, but might do well someday

  6. Why does it matter that kids today think carefully about AI?

    • Because kids are not allowed to use AI
    • Because kids today will grow up to build and use the AI of the future
    • Because AI will disappear before kids grow up

  7. Two classmates disagree. Sam says AI should always tell the full truth, even if it's upsetting. Ali says AI should sometimes soften bad news. What does this disagreement show?

    • People can want different things from AI, so thinking about what you want matters
    • AI cannot be programmed to consider feelings at all
    • Only one of them can ever be right, forever

  8. Zoe says, 'AI already drives every car by itself, so that's not a future use.' What is wrong with her thinking?

    • Nothing is wrong, she is correct
    • AI has never driven any car
    • AI can help drive some cars in some situations today, but a future use should be something AI cannot fully do yet
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  1. Help doctors find sicknesses earlier · Most people want AI to help with hard problems like health, not to make personal choices for them or do their thinking.
  2. AI that helps invent brand-new medicines no one has discovered · Recommending videos and making calls are things AI and phones already do today. Inventing new medicines is something people hope AI will do someday.
  3. True · You and other young people will be the ones deciding how AI gets used as you grow up.
  4. He wants AI to help him learn, not replace his own thinking · Ben wants help, not a replacement. That is a thoughtful way to think about what you want AI to do and not do.
  5. Because it is something AI cannot fully do yet, but might do well someday · AI can translate some language today, but doing it instantly and perfectly for every language is still something to work toward.
  6. Because kids today will grow up to build and use the AI of the future · The choices people make about AI in the future will be made by people who are kids today.
  7. People can want different things from AI, so thinking about what you want matters · People do not always agree on what AI should do. That is why it helps to think clearly about what you personally want AI to do and not do.
  8. AI can help drive some cars in some situations today, but a future use should be something AI cannot fully do yet · Some AI can help drive cars today, but not everywhere or every time. A true future use is something not yet possible.
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