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Adorable, operatic blobs. A global, online guessing game. Scribbles that transform into works of art. These may not sound like they\u2019re part of a curriculum, but learning the basics of how artificial intelligence (AI) works doesn\u2019t have to be complicated, super-technical or boring.<\/p>\n
To celebrate Digital Learning Day<\/a>, we\u2019re releasing a new lesson from Applied Digital Skills<\/a>, Google\u2019s free, online, video-based curriculum (and part of the larger Grow with Google<\/a> initiative). \u201cDiscover AI in Daily Life\u201d<\/a> was designed with middle and high school students in mind, and dives into how AI is built, and how it helps people every day.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \u201cTwenty or 30 years ago, students might have learned basic typing skills in school,\u201d says Dr. Patrick Gage Kelley, a Google Trust and Safety user experience researcher who co-created (and narrates) the \u201cDiscover AI in Daily Life\u201d lesson. \u201cToday, \u2018AI literacy\u2019 is a key skill. It’s important that students everywhere, from all backgrounds, are given the opportunity to learn about AI.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cDiscover AI in Daily Life\u201d begins with the basics. You\u2019ll find simple, non-technical explanations of how a machine can \u201clearn\u201d from patterns in data, and why it\u2019s important to train AI responsibly and avoid unfair bias.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \u201cBy encouraging students to engage directly with everyday tools and experiment with them, they get a first-hand experience of the potential uses and limitations of AI,\u201d says Dr. Annica Voneche, the lesson\u2019s learning designer. \u201cThose experiences can then be tied to a more theoretical explanation of the technology behind it, in a way that makes the often abstract concepts behind AI tangible.\u201d<\/p>\nAI for anyone \u2014 and everyone<\/h3>\n
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