「人工智能素養」在學校興起。原因何在？ （1/2）

 Recently the New York Times reported the following:

‘A.I. Literacy’ Is Trending in Schools. Here’s Why (1/2)

Artificial intelligence companies are urging teachers to prepare students for an “A.I.-driven future.” What that means varies from school to school.

The NYT - By Natasha Singer - Natasha Singer has covered A.I. in schools for more than a decade.

Feb. 23, 2026, 5:02 a.m. ET

Every few years, the tech industry introduces a new kind of product, then prods schools to teach millions of students how to use it.

The pitch to train schoolchildren on the latest tech has stayed roughly the same since the introduction of personal computers in the late 1970s: improved learning and better career prospects. Since then, campaigns for a host of new tech literacies have come and gone — even as some of the promises failed to materialize.

Now tech giants like Google, Microsoft and OpenAI are urging schools to teach the latest topic: A.I. literacy.

Here’s what to know.

What is A.I. literacy?

The latest school tech lessons often revolve around chatbots, which can produce human-sounding writing, realistic-looking videos and reams of computer code.

Some schools are teaching students to prompt chatbots like Google’s Gemini and examine the information they produce. Some lessons ask students to study the associated societal risks, like chatbot misinformation or biased results. Some schools are also encouraging students to use A.I. to create their own apps.

The push for A.I. education in schools is not new. In 2016, with A.I.-powered appliances like robotic vacuum cleaners gaining popularity, researchers in Austria proposed that schools teach A.I. concepts to students starting in kindergarten.

A few years later, a group of academics in the United States came up with an A.I. education framework for schools to teach students technical concepts and A.I. ethics.

Now, some schools are racing to teach students to assess and use chatbots, the latest popular form of A.I.

What’s behind the A.I. push in schools?

Tech boosters say it’s urgent for schools to train students on chatbots to help with learning, prepare young people for the job demands of an “A.I.-driven future” and help boost U.S. economic growth.

Last April, President Trump issued an executive order on “Advancing Artificial Intelligence Education for American Youth.” It called on schools to “integrate the fundamentals of A.I. into all subject areas,” starting in kindergarten.

In July, Microsoft announced a $4 billion cash and technology effort to spur educational institutions to teach “A.I. skilling.” In September, Google promised $1 billion in A.I. training, including providing the company’s Gemini tools to “every high school in America.”

This month, the U.S. Department of Labor issued A.I. education guidelines to ensure “all American workers are able to share in the prosperity that A.I. will create for our economy.” Among the foundational skills for students, the agency said: learning how to create clear chatbot prompts and check the answers for accuracy.

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「人工智能素養」在學校興起。原因何在？ （1/2）

人工智能公司正敦促教師們讓學生為「人工智能驅動的未來」做好準備。但具體意義因學校而異

每隔幾年，科技業就會推出新產品，然後敦促學校教導數百萬學生如何使用它。

自1970年代末期個人電腦問世以來，培訓學生掌握最新科技的理由基本上沒有改變：提高學習效率並改善職業前景。此後，各種旨在提昇科技素養的活動層出不窮，雖然其中一些承諾並未兌現。

如今，Google、微軟和OpenAI等科技巨頭正敦促學校開​​設人工智能素養課程。

以下是您需要了解的內容。

什麼是人工智能素養？

最新的學校科技課程通常圍繞著聊天機械人展開，它們可以產生聽起來像人類的文字、逼真的影片以及大量的電腦程式碼。

一些學校正在教導學生與Google的Gemini等聊天機械人互動，並分析它們產生的資訊。有些課程要求學生研究相關的社會風險，例如聊天機械人傳播錯誤訊息或產生偏見的結果。一些學校也鼓勵學生使用人工智能創建自己的應用程式。

推動學校進行人工智能教育並非新鮮事。 2016年，隨著機械人吸塵器等人工智能家電的普及，奧地利的研究人員提議學校從幼兒園開始向學生教授人工智能概念。

幾年後，美國的一群學者提出了人工智能素養。學校教育框架旨在教授學生技術概念和人工智能倫理。

如今，一些學校正競相教導學生如何評估和使用聊天機械人 - 人工智能的最新流行形式。

學校大力推廣人工智能的背後原因是什麼？

科技支持者認為，學校迫切需要培訓學生使用聊天機械人，以輔助學習，幫助年輕人為「人工智能動的未來」的就業需求做好準備，並促進美國經濟成長。

去年四月，特朗普總統發佈了一項關於「推動美國青少年人工智能教育」的行政命令。該命令呼籲學校“將人工智能基礎知識融入所有學科領域”，從幼稚園開始。

七月，微軟宣布投入40億美元的資金和技術，以推動教育機構進行「人工智能技能培訓」。九月，Google承諾投入10億美元用於人工智能培訓，包括向「美國每一所高中」提供其Gemini工具。

本月，美國勞工部發佈了人工智能教育指南，旨在確保「所有美國勞工都能分享人工智能為美國經濟帶來的繁榮」。該機構指出，學生需要掌握的基礎技能包括：學習如何創建清晰的聊天機械人提示語並檢查答案的準確性。

（待續）