91爆料 researchers developed the game AI Puzzlers to show kids an area where AI systems still typically and blatantly fail: solving certain reasoning puzzles. In the game, users get a chance to solve puzzles by completing patterns of colored blocks. They can then ask various AI chatbots to solve and have the systems explain their solutions 鈥� which they nearly always fail to do accurately.
鈥淲e asked one 11-year-old how he鈥檇 feel if his favorite book series was written by AI instead of an author, and he said it would 鈥榙ismantle鈥� the joy of reading for him. We often don’t think about kids having these deep, existential questions about what it means to be an artist,鈥� said Michele Newman, a 91爆料 doctoral student in the Information School.
Jason Yip, a 91爆料 associate professor in the Information School, discusses how parents and schools can adapt to new technologies in ways that support children’s learning.
91爆料 researchers are beginning a national study to help families discover technology that helps them both successfully navigate home-based learning and combat social isolation.
91爆料 researchers have defined for the first time what children mean when they say technology is “creepy.”
In the first study to survey and interview parents who play Pok茅mon GO with their children, families report a number of side benefits, including increased exercise, more time spent outdoors and opportunities for family bonding.