Inference by Turing Post Stop Teaching Kids About AI. Do This Instead | The AI Literacy Series (Ep. 1)
Sep 5, 2025
In this insightful conversation with Stefania Druga, a pioneer in AI literacy and founder of Hackademia, we dive into the importance of teaching AI as a fundamental skill. Stefania highlights that AI is reshaping education and our daily lives, making literacy in this area essential. She provides frameworks for fostering agency in children, encouraging them to question and co-create with AI. Engaging activities for families and addressing concerns like bias and job skills underscore the need to prepare future generations for an AI-driven world.
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Roots In Global Hands-On STEM
- Stefania described founding Hackademia and teaching hands-on STEM to kids across 73 countries.
- She then joined MIT Media Lab and studied kids growing up with voice assistants starting in 2015.
Algorithms Shape Lifelong Trajectories
- AI algorithms touch major life milestones by using data from zip codes to test scores and social media.
- Those algorithmic decisions compound over time, affecting education, jobs, and financial access.
Read And Write With AI
- Stefania defines AI literacy as the ability to read and write with AI, including understanding and creating with it.
- She emphasizes critical thinking about when to use AI and how to co-create responsibly.