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