用游戏化工具帮孩子理解AI的环境代价
Where Does AI Leave a Footprint? Children's Reasoning About AI's Environmental Costs
- 设计互动系统EcoPrompt，结合计算与模拟游戏
- 16名6-12岁儿童参与，发现孩子关注AI环保权衡
- 适合教育者、家长及儿童科技素养培养
当前儿童面临两大关键社会议题：人工智能（AI）的兴起与地球气候的快速变化。两者复杂且存在争议，但通过AI使用的显著环境成本紧密关联。本文基于系统思维框架，开发了名为EcoPrompt的交互系统，帮助儿童思考AI的环境影响。该系统融合提示级环境足迹计算器与模拟游戏，玩家需管理自然资源并推理AI使用带来的影响。通过两次与16名6-12岁儿童的参与式设计研讨，研究揭示了儿童对AI使用在社会与环境层面权衡的看法，以及他们对自身责任与能动性的感知。结果表明，有必要将系统性思维纳入广义的AI素养教育，以深化对AI环境后果的理解。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Two of the most socially consequential issues facing today's children are the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) and the rapid changes to the earth's climate. Both issues are complex and contested, and they are linked through the notable environmental costs of AI use. Using a systems thinking framework, we developed an interactive system called Ecoprompt to help children reason about the environmental impact of AI. EcoPrompt combines a prompt-level environmental footprint calculator with a simulation game that challenges players to reason about the impact of AI use on natural resources that the player manages. We evaluated the system through two participatory design sessions with 16 children ages 6-12. Our findings surfaced children's perspectives on societal and environmental tradeoffs of AI use, as well as their sense of agency and responsibility. Taken together, these findings suggest opportunities for broadening AI literacy to include systems-level reasoning about AI's environmental impact.
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