Youth as Designers of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Technologies: What Do We Know About the Opportunities and Challenges of K-12 Students Creating Their Own Applications?
Yasmin B. Kafai, R. Benjamin Shapiro, Franz Jetzinger, Tilman Michaeli, Matti Tedre, Henriikka Vartiainen, Netta Iivari, Line Have Musaeus, Ole Sejer Iversen, Safinah Ali, Herminio Bodon, M Caldwell Butler, Khushbu Kshirsagar, Michael M. Smith, Ashley S Quiterio, Marcelo Bonilla Worsley, Vishesh Kumar, Luis Morales‐Navarro, Daniel Noh, Roy D. Pea · Proceedings. · 2025
Over the past decade there has been exponential growth in artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) applications moving out of the lab and into the world, impacting everyday lives.To date, most AI/ML and learning research efforts have centered learners as recipients of instruction from, or collaborators with, AI agents.This symposium brings together a group of scholars who will discuss how learners and teachers can engage with AI/ML technologies as creative resources, or CreateAI.CreateAI refers to the use of AI tools and methods for creative expression, that is, involving students not just in using AI for predetermined productive ends, but also as creators who can design and build projects with AI/ML.