AI Engineer World's Fair Coverage
The AI Engineer World's Fair has attracted a lot of adults, and they brought their kids too, for Sunday's AI Engineering Kids Day.
Scientists agree that the best time to learn new languages, be they linguistic or computer-based, is at a young age. 87 children between eight and 16 were in San Francisco to learn how to code their own material and build their own games using AI.
Cassandra Chin from the Cloud Native Computing Foundation, one of the teachers, explained that it was Minecraft that got her interested in software development. As a youngster she set up her own server and joined with others in modifying code. In the session she showed kids how to code a game and wire sensors into an Arduino Nano breadboard.
"What's important when working with kids is you inspire them to enjoy the technology," she said. "They don't have to learn all the syntax and specifics, just as long as you show them that technology is fun. Then, when they go home with their parents, they'll want to continue doing it."
