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) one set rule per case (b) same steps every time (c) uses rules people wrote (d) learns from examples
- 2.Which of these describes how AI works? (a) improves with more data (b) follows fixed rules (c) uses rules people wrote (d) does exactly as coded
- 3.🛠️ Which does this job need: recognising a friend’s face in photos? (a) needs AI (learning) (b) a simple rule is enough
- 4.🤖 AI or a normal program: which one “does exactly as coded”? (a) AI (b) a normal program
- 5.🤖 AI or a normal program: which one “spots patterns in data”? (a) a normal program (b) AI
- 6.True or false: “same steps every time” describes how AI works. (a) True (b) False
- 7.True or false: telling a cat photo from a dog photo only needs a simple fixed rule. (a) False (b) True
- 8.🤖 AI or a normal program: which one “improves with more data”? (a) AI (b) a normal program
- 9.True or false: “one set rule per case” describes how AI works. (a) True (b) False
- 10.🤖 AI or a normal program: which one “gives a likely answer”? (a) AI (b) a normal program
- 11.True or false: reading messy handwriting only needs a simple fixed rule. (a) False (b) True
- 12.True or false: “makes a best guess” describes how AI works. (a) True (b) False
- 13.🧮 Is a basic calculator an AI system? (a) no, it follows rules (b) yes, it can think (c) only at night (d) yes, it is smart
- 14.Which of these describes how a normal program works? (a) gives a likely answer (b) handles unseen examples (c) improves with more data (d) does exactly as coded
- 15.True or false: “gives a likely answer” describes how AI works. (a) False (b) True
- 16.🛠️ Which does this job need: converting metres into centimetres? (a) needs AI (learning) (b) a simple rule is enough
- 17.True or false: “handles unseen examples” describes how AI works. (a) False (b) True
- 18.Which of these describes how AI works? (a) same steps every time (b) handles unseen examples (c) follows fixed rules (d) one set rule per case
- 19.🤖 AI or a normal program: which one “follows fixed rules”? (a) AI (b) a normal program
- 20.True or false: “spots patterns in data” describes how a normal program works. (a) True (b) False
- 21.Which of these describes how a normal program works? (a) one set rule per case (b) spots patterns in data (c) handles unseen examples (d) improves with more data
- 22.🤖 What does AI stand for? (a) automatic internet (b) app installer (c) artificial intelligence (d) actual information
- 23.🤖 Who builds and trains AI systems? (a) people (b) the Moon (c) nobody at all (d) the weather
- 24.🛠️ Which does this job need: sorting names in A to Z order? (a) needs AI (learning) (b) a simple rule is enough
- 25.Which of these describes how a normal program works? (a) improves with more data (b) gives a likely answer (c) learns from examples (d) uses rules people wrote
- 26.🤖 AI or a normal program: which one “one set rule per case”? (a) a normal program (b) AI
- 27.🤖 Does an AI system think and feel like a person? (a) only on weekends (b) yes, it gets sad (c) no, it finds patterns (d) yes, just like us
- 28.True or false: sorting names in A to Z order only needs a simple fixed rule. (a) True (b) False
- 29.🛠️ Which does this job need: reading messy handwriting? (a) a simple rule is enough (b) needs AI (learning)
- 30.True or false: sorting names in A to Z order needs AI that learns from examples. (a) False (b) True
- 31.🤖 AI or a normal program: which one “learns from examples”? (a) a normal program (b) AI
- 32.True or false: converting metres into centimetres only needs a simple fixed rule. (a) False (b) True
- 33.True or false: “follows fixed rules” describes how AI works. (a) False (b) True
- 34.True or false: switching on a street light at 6 pm needs AI that learns from examples. (a) True (b) False
- 35.True or false: suggesting the next word as you type only needs a simple fixed rule. (a) True (b) False
- 36.Which of these describes how a normal program works? (a) learns from examples (b) gives a likely answer (c) follows fixed rules (d) handles unseen examples
- 37.True or false: “makes a best guess” describes how a normal program works. (a) True (b) False
- 38.True or false: “does exactly as coded” describes how a normal program works. (a) False (b) True
- 39.True or false: counting the words in an essay only needs a simple fixed rule. (a) True (b) False
- 40.Which of these describes how AI works? (a) spots patterns in data (b) uses rules people wrote (c) same steps every time (d) follows fixed rules
Answer key
- learns from examples
- improves with more data
- needs AI (learning)
- a normal program
- AI
- False
- False
- AI
- False
- AI
- False
- True
- no, it follows rules
- does exactly as coded
- True
- a simple rule is enough
- True
- handles unseen examples
- a normal program
- False
- one set rule per case
- artificial intelligence
- people
- a simple rule is enough
- uses rules people wrote
- a normal program
- no, it finds patterns
- True
- needs AI (learning)
- False
- AI
- True
- False
- False
- False
- follows fixed rules
- False
- True
- True
- spots patterns in data
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