AI Literacy for All

Artificial intelligence (AI) has influenced various industries (e.g., business, science, art, education) rather than merely computer science fields to improve working and learning efficiency. There are many AI-driven applications in daily life (e.g., smart home appliances, smartphones, Google, Siri) to enhance user experience and help people lead a better life. To prepare students to be more ready for tomorrow’s workplace, recent studies suggest the importance of learning AI for all students such as how computers learn from its data, the strengths and weaknesses of AI-driven applications, and its ethical concerns about AI (e.g., Long & Magerko, 2020; Ng & Chu, 2021; Sing et al., 2022). Studies suggest that even learners as young as kindergarteners should start to learn AI so that educators can bring them up to become responsible digital citizens (Su & Yang, 2022; Su & Zhong, 2022). This chapter posits AI literacy should be acquired by all learners, while differences lie in the content and approach at different education levels, i.e., K–16. For example, many countries have started to discuss how to incorporate AI curricula in primary and secondary levels. However, seldom do studies discover why AI should be taught at kindergarten and noncomputer university education. A list of reasons why people should learn AI is discussed in this chapter.