What's at Stake? Young People's Take on AI & Education
Ayça Atabey, Colton Botta, Harry Dyer, Esther Priyadharshini, Jen Ross, Cara Wilson
Publishing Details:
A4 printed zine
36 pages
Colour way in orange and light blue
Description:
This zine represents the messages young people wanted to share with decision-makers and educators, to help you make responsible AI a reality in education. Funded by an AHRC 'Bridging AI Responsible Divides' project grant.
Colour way in orange and light blue
Description:
This zine represents the messages young people wanted to share with decision-makers and educators, to help you make responsible AI a reality in education. Funded by an AHRC 'Bridging AI Responsible Divides' project grant.
"In June 2024, young people at three secondary schools took part in workshops on the topic of the future of responsible artificial intelligence in education. This work was part of a larger research project on the emerging context of generative AI (GenAI) tools and their implications for education, now and in the future.
This zine is one outcome from these workshops, and it represents the messages young people wanted to share with decision-makers and educators, to urge you to make Responsible AI a reality in education. The young people were creative, thoughtful and imaginative – these materials express their hopes, fears, and personal meaning-making with and about AI. We encourage you to see their images and words as an important act of AI literacy, expressed through creativity, collaboration and reflection.
For the most part, young people are providing you with questions, not answers. We learned and had our assumptions challenged by their work. Please take what they have offered here as a provocation, a confrontation and an opportunity to think expansively about your own values and hopes for education". (from the project's website)
There are some pertinent comments about bias and representation here, the kids absolutely get it. Fascinating reading for anyone researching creativity and AI with education. For example, "Young people highlighted many unknowns regarding the consequences of using or not using GenAI. They wonder if they can trust the tech companies, when they see so many examples of unsolicited ads, bias, censorship and other negative consequences of technology."
Link to Project: https://ai-and-education.shorthandstories.com/zine/index.html
