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