Schools Should Teach AI to Every Child, Say Andrew Ng and Andrea Pasinetti

Computer science and AI coding should be introduced as a new core pillar of K-12 education, according to experts Andrew Ng and Andrea Pasinetti. The pair argue that AI skills are essential for students to thrive in a workforce increasingly dominated by automation and new technologies. Implementing such a program would not be easy, but could be facilitated through state funding, legislative changes, and professional development for teachers. AI tools, such as automated grading, could also assist educators to teach this new curriculum. Ng and Pasinetti believe that such a move would be transformational, comparable to the way the spread of literacy contributed to the rise of the middle class during the Middle Ages. Widespread AI literacy, they argue, will be a crucial factor in building a brighter future.