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How to talk to children about AI: They understand more than you think
"I hate AI. AI is destroying the planet." That's what teenagers shouted at Dr Mhairi Aitken's stand at the Edinburgh International Book Festival. Far from being passive adopters of new technology, many young people are among its most critical voices.
In this episode of Connecting Society, Shayda Kashef-Tomlins talks to Dr Mhairi Aitken, Co-founder and Director of Our AI Collective (formerly of the Alan Turing Institute), about why children and young people are so often left out of decisions about AI and data, and what happens when they're brought in. Mhairi has run participatory projects with…
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