ATLANTA, Ga. — Hundreds of Georgia companies are showcasing how they are using AI to advance their business this week. How kids interact with AI is a growing area of interest.
Summer Crenshaw spent the day organizing Atlanta AI Week at the Atlanta Tech Village, attended by more than 500 organizations.
“We need folks talking about the hard stuff, and coming together as a community,” Crenshaw said.
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As AI expands into everything, businesses are looking to set roots in hub cities. Crenshaw is helping Atlanta organize itself.
“Actually, Atlanta is pretty advanced overall when you look at the nation as a whole,” Crenshaw said.
One of the key talking points this week will be children, specifically education in a changing job landscape.
“It’s fun, because if you give kids a task, a tool, or a new toy, they’re going to teach you how to use that shortly,” said Mark Michelson.
In the battle between man and machine, Michelson’s job is simple.
“To represent the humans in a tech lair,” Michelson said.
His tug-of-war explanation between the two sides sounds suspiciously like Skynet, but Michelson said there are not actually two sides.
“I think there needs to be more technology taught to people, so they understand what it is and what it’s not. What it can do, and what it can’t do,” Michelson said.
He said a better pencil does not make a better writer, no different from the introduction of the computer. That starts with kids.
“I feel like it’s up to us, elder millennials and Gen Xers, to lead the way,” Crenshaw said.
“Everyone is going to need to learn to use this to control your overlords at some point,” Michelson said.
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