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How should you speak to children about Artificial Intelligence?Patrick Buckley 20 November, 2020 In previous years, people’s relationship with technology in general, and with artificial intelligence in particular, was based on “text”, usually using specialised programming languages. Today, however, artificial intelligence has learned to speak and interpret human language. So, even if we talk to an assistant as if she were a person, and we say, “Siri, I want a video of Pepa Pig”, at no time are we going to doubt that Siri is NOT a person. However, we are seeing that, for the little ones of the alpha generation, the limits between themselves and the technology that has always surrounded them are not so clear. Figure 2: “Siri, I want a video of Pepa Pig”, Sue Shellenbarger, a columnist for the Wall Street Journal, warns that “many children think that robots are smarter than humans or give them magical powers”.A 2018 study on the Cozmo toy robot, a toy designed to appear “to have a soul,” showed how children between the ages of 4 and 10 thought the toy was “smarter” than they were, and even that it was capable of feeling. Figure 3: Cozmo Robot (source: amazon.com) In promoting the toy, Boris Sofman, one of the founders of Anki, the company that manufactures them, said: “If you don’t play with Cozmo for a week, you will feel like you haven’t played with your dog for a week”. How can little ones not be confused when their toys are designed this way? Other studies show how children between the ages of 9 and 15 feltemotionally attached to human-looking robots, and thought that they “could be their friends”; or they changed their answers to “is it OK to hit other children” according to their doll’s “opinion”. “My doll says “it’s OK“. The Solution As with almost everything else, the best way to help children define the boundaries between technology and reality is through education.Researchers at MIT are working with children of different ages to see how adults can help them perceive artificial intelligence correctly. Although it may seem rushed, and it certainly is, very few four year old children were able to understand that even if the toy beats a game, it is not smarter than they are. The MIT AI ethics course Between the ages of 10 and 14, children begin to develop high-level thinking and deal with complex moral reasoning. And at that age too, most have smart phones with all kinds of AI-based applications. MIT has developed an AI ethics course for children, which teaches them how AI-based algorithms work, and how there can be determined intentions behind the answers. For example, they learn why Instagram shows them a certain ad, or why they may receive one piece of information and not another in their news app. They are also challenged to design an “algorithm” in the form of a recipe for the best peanut butter sandwich or play bingo (AI Bingo). In short, they learn in a simple and fun way, that technology, robots, computers… are nothing more than tools, fast, precise, powerful, but they do nothing more than follow the models, or the algorithms with which we have programmed them. Some simple tips to put into practice Adults are a fundamental reference for children, especially parents. And, without having to take any MIT course (neither they nor we), we can help them understand the limits of AI with these simple tips proposed by Sue Shellenbarger Do not refer to assistants, robots, or AI-based toys as if they were peopleIt tries to convey a positive image to them about the benefits of AI in general. They make our lives easier in many ways.Arouse their curiosity about how robots are designed and builtHelp them understand that the “source” of intelligence for AI-based devices is humansDiscuss ethical aspects of AI design with questions such as: Should we build robots that, (as we try to teach them), are polite and ask for things please, say hello, thank you etc?It encourages their critical thinking about the information they receive through these toys or smart devices; as well as that received from social networks and the internet.Be very careful with toys that are marketed as a child’s “best friend”. They can create unwanted dependencies. And most importantly, try to challenge, whenever they arise, ideas such as “machines are superior to humans”, “robots will kill humans” etc, because they can be harmful to the naive minds of children. Original post by Paloma Recuero de los Santos, translated by Patrick Buckley To keep up to date with LUCA visit our website, subscribe to LUCA Data Speaks or follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn or YouTube . Smart Stadiums: How 5G is revolutionising live SportsDeep Learning and satellite images to estimate the impact of COVID19
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