From Computer Literacy to AI Literacy: A 40-Year Journey — And the Child We Left Behind

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A five-year-old asked a smart device a question. The answer was wrong. He asked again. Wrong again. He turned to his mother, confused. He had never been taught that a machine could be mistaken. We have spent four decades teaching children to use technology. We have not spent enough time teaching them to understand it. And the youngest children are the ones most left behind.

Your Child’s Prime Years Are Happening Now — And AI Is Already In Them

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AI Pre-Literacy names the developmental territory from birth to approximately eight years in which children form the linguistic, cognitive, affective, empathic, and socio-ethical foundations for AI sense-making. This post explains why the distinction from AI Literacy matters, and what it means in practice.

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