Responsible AI Literacy for K12 Students

Responsible AI Literacy is the explicit approach and set of competencies that helps individuals in K12 schools learn, explore, interrogate, develop a critical lens, and distinguish differences around all forms and aspects of artificial intelligence. Responsible AI literacy aims to conceptualize and clarify artificial intelligence as various automated processes completed by a computer to aid individuals’ ability to answer not only the who, what, and when of artificial intelligence, but also take additional steps that allow critical interrogation of the why and how the decisions to use AI positively and negatively impact individuals, the environment, and communities. Responsible AI literacy framework is an inquiry method that students can use to critically analyze various aspects of artificial intelligence and automation, seeking answers to both simple and complex questions about computing, people, rationales, and the complexities surrounding artificial intelligence. Students engage with the who, what, when, where, why, and how of the field of artificial intelligence, helping to provide a more robust understanding and critical knowledge base for all students of this omnipresent aspect of computing that impacts society.