From ABCs to AI 🤣 · AI Automation Society

From ABCs to AI 🤣

- China has just made AI classes mandatory for six-year-olds, and schools around the world are feeling the pressure. Beijing announced that AI education is now a required part of the curriculum, with elementary students expected to complete eight hours of AI instruction annually.

- Picture this: one day, a six-year-old is learning how to tie their shoes, and the next, they’re building neural networks. The initiative is being called the “teacher-student-machine” learning model, which sounds like the plot of a sci-fi movie where robots eventually take over. However, ethics will be integrated into the lessons, so kids will at least know when artificial intelligence is crossing moral boundaries.

- Younger students will get hands-on experience with basic AI concepts, middle schoolers will explore everyday applications (like automating homework?), and high school students will be encouraged to innovate and create.

- This approach feels ambitious, especially compared to other countries still figuring out whether tools like ChatGPT should even be allowed in classrooms. Meanwhile, China is accelerating its efforts in the global AI race while others lag behind.

- At this pace, by the time other nations catch up, Beijing’s high school seniors might already be launching AI startups and planning their retirements. We’re witnessing an entire generation being trained to become future AI experts right before our eyes.

Note:

👉🏾 AI literacy might seem niche now but its about to be as basic as reading and math.

👉🏾 imagine competing in 2040 against someone who's been coding AI since they were in kindergarten (good luck with that)

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