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The development of artificial intelligence has become one of the key drivers of modern society. An attention has to be paid to the methods and tools available for training and education of users of intelligent systems. The youngest generation is exposed to artificial intelligence from an early age and its education is therefore of utmost importance. With respect to the early childhood development, the concept of artificial intelligence should be introduced into education as soon as possible. It can greatly contribute to the development of children’s creativity, collaboration, comprehension and other abilities. There are many tools that can be used to aid the early age education on artificial intelligence. In this article, a brief survey of tools for the education of children in different age groups on artificial intelligence is provided.
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This work was supported by the projects SP2019/135 and SP2019/141 of the Student Grant System, VSB - Technical University of Ostrava.
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Liu, F., Kromer, P. (2020). Early Age Education on Artificial Intelligence: Methods and Tools. In: Kovalev, S., Tarassov, V., Snasel, V., Sukhanov, A. (eds) Proceedings of the Fourth International Scientific Conference “Intelligent Information Technologies for Industry” (IITI’19). IITI 2019. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 1156. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-50097-9_71
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