A case study on co-designing community-centered AI education sessions for adults, focusing on practical implementation and AI literacy at the community level.

In plain terms

Artificial Intelligence (AI) education is becoming increasingly important, but adults who are not in higher education often receive less attention in this area. This paper presents a case study describing an AI education session with 54 adults in a predominantly African American community in a major Midwestern city. The researchers worked closely with local community partners to jointly develop, or co-design, this educational session. They discovered that while adults initially had general concerns about AI, these worries evolved into more specific, local questions about how AI is designed and put into use within their own community. The study also discusses AI literacy, which is the ability to understand and use AI, from the viewpoint of a community's overall capacity. They argue for creating AI literacy frameworks that are rooted in local community contexts to better empower communities.