AI for Kids Worksheet: What Is AI
AI tip (Learns or follows?): AI learns patterns from examples, makes a best guess and can handle examples it has never seen — but its guess can be wrong. A normal program follows fixed rules people wrote and does exactly as coded; it never learns from data. Ask: does this job need learning from many examples (recognising a face), or does one exact rule always work (adding marks)?
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- 1.Which of these describes how AI works? (a) makes a best guess (b) same steps every time (c) follows fixed rules (d) one set rule per case
- 2.🛠️ Which does this job need: telling a cat photo from a dog photo? (a) needs AI (learning) (b) a simple rule is enough
- 3.True or false: recognising a friend’s face in photos only needs a simple fixed rule. (a) True (b) False
- 4.🤖 What makes an AI system different from a normal program? (a) it uses electricity (b) it learns from examples (c) it is always right (d) it has a screen
- 5.🤖 AI or a normal program: which one “handles unseen examples”? (a) AI (b) a normal program
- 6.🤖 AI or a normal program: which one “makes a best guess”? (a) AI (b) a normal program
- 7.🤖 What does AI stand for? (a) app installer (b) artificial intelligence (c) actual information (d) automatic internet
- 8.🛠️ Which does this job need: finding 10% of a price? (a) needs AI (learning) (b) a simple rule is enough
- 9.Which of these describes how a normal program works? (a) learns from examples (b) improves with more data (c) one set rule per case (d) spots patterns in data
- 10.🤖 AI or a normal program: which one “one set rule per case”? (a) AI (b) a normal program
- 11.True or false: “one set rule per case” describes how AI works. (a) True (b) False
- 12.🛠️ Which does this job need: reading messy handwriting? (a) a simple rule is enough (b) needs AI (learning)
- 13.🤖 Who builds and trains AI systems? (a) people (b) nobody at all (c) the weather (d) the Moon
- 14.Which of these describes how a normal program works? (a) uses rules people wrote (b) spots patterns in data (c) makes a best guess (d) gives a likely answer
- 15.True or false: spotting spam emails by their patterns needs AI that learns from examples. (a) True (b) False
- 16.True or false: “never learns from data” describes how AI works. (a) True (b) False
- 17.True or false: “follows fixed rules” describes how AI works. (a) True (b) False
- 18.🤖 Does an AI system think and feel like a person? (a) yes, just like us (b) no, it finds patterns (c) yes, it gets sad (d) only on weekends
- 19.Which of these describes how AI works? (a) gives a likely answer (b) does exactly as coded (c) follows fixed rules (d) uses rules people wrote
- 20.🤖 AI or a normal program: which one “same steps every time”? (a) a normal program (b) AI
- 21.Which of these describes how AI works? (a) uses rules people wrote (b) one set rule per case (c) does exactly as coded (d) learns from examples
- 22.🤖 AI or a normal program: which one “learns from examples”? (a) AI (b) a normal program
- 23.True or false: suggesting the next word as you type only needs a simple fixed rule. (a) False (b) True
- 24.True or false: turning spoken words into typed text needs AI that learns from examples. (a) False (b) True
- 25.True or false: “uses rules people wrote” describes how AI works. (a) True (b) False
- 26.🧮 Is a basic calculator an AI system? (a) only at night (b) no, it follows rules (c) yes, it is smart (d) yes, it can think
- 27.True or false: converting metres into centimetres needs AI that learns from examples. (a) True (b) False
- 28.Which of these describes how a normal program works? (a) learns from examples (b) spots patterns in data (c) same steps every time (d) improves with more data
- 29.🤖 AI or a normal program: which one “improves with more data”? (a) AI (b) a normal program
- 30.True or false: recognising a bird from its song needs AI that learns from examples. (a) False (b) True
- 31.🤖 AI or a normal program: which one “spots patterns in data”? (a) a normal program (b) AI
- 32.True or false: sorting names in A to Z order needs AI that learns from examples. (a) True (b) False
- 33.🤖 AI or a normal program: which one “uses rules people wrote”? (a) a normal program (b) AI
- 34.True or false: “follows fixed rules” describes how a normal program works. (a) False (b) True
- 35.🛠️ Which does this job need: suggesting the next word as you type? (a) a simple rule is enough (b) needs AI (learning)
- 36.True or false: telling a cat photo from a dog photo only needs a simple fixed rule. (a) False (b) True
- 37.🤖 AI or a normal program: which one “does exactly as coded”? (a) AI (b) a normal program
- 38.True or false: ringing the school bell at 9 am only needs a simple fixed rule. (a) False (b) True
- 39.True or false: “improves with more data” describes how AI works. (a) True (b) False
- 40.True or false: “makes a best guess” describes how AI works. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- makes a best guess
- needs AI (learning)
- False
- it learns from examples
- AI
- AI
- artificial intelligence
- a simple rule is enough
- one set rule per case
- a normal program
- False
- needs AI (learning)
- people
- uses rules people wrote
- True
- False
- False
- no, it finds patterns
- gives a likely answer
- a normal program
- learns from examples
- AI
- False
- True
- False
- no, it follows rules
- False
- same steps every time
- AI
- True
- AI
- False
- a normal program
- True
- needs AI (learning)
- False
- a normal program
- True
- True
- True
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