What is it about?
With the rise of data-driven AI and its “democratization”, we are all interacting with AI-enabled technologies in everyday life. However, not everyone understands how these technologies work. We describe the development and evaluation of an eight-week course open to the public, AI in Everyday Life. Pre- and post-course questionnaires were used to evaluate the impact of the course and participants’ attitudes towards AI applications.
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Why is it important?
There are many misconceptions surrounding what they can and cannot do, and what are the risks and benefits. Thus, there is a need to educate the general public about everyday AI, upscaling their algorithmic literacy and helping them become more informed, responsible users. The results suggest that more targeted educational approaches are needed for the general public to fully understand the strengths and weaknesses of the use of AI-enabled technologies
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We hope that this article will motivate other researchers and practitioners in the area to work towards the development of such courses that can be used for educating different groups of the society (e.g., educators, children, low-income populations) on the use of everyday AI technologies.
Styliani Kleanthous
CYENS CoE, Cyprus
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This page is a summary of: Artificial Intelligence in Everyday Life: Educating the Public Through an Open, Distance-learning Course, June 2023, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery),
DOI: 10.1145/3587102.3588784.
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