Parents’ opinions on AI
School life
Artificial intelligence( AI) will limit children’ s job opportunities, say parents who fear the rise of AI on their children’ s future prospects.
Four in ten parents think that the rise of AI will hinder their children’ s chances of getting a job when they grow up, a similar number also think that AI will take their job too.
The AI revolution is coming to our classrooms, but parents are still to be convinced it has a real educational worth- just 12 % of parents think AI should be used in the classroom.
Parents’ views on AI
Which, if any, of the following summarise how you are currently feeling about the future impact of AI?
38 %
I am worried about the impact on my child’ s future job opportunities
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34 %
Children should be taught how to use AI with lessons on AI
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26 %
I am worried about the impact of AI on my own job( s) in the future
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23 %
I think AI will bring benefits to my child’ s learning
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19 %
I am concerned the curriculum at my child’ s school isn’ t keeping pace with the future impact of AI
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17 %
I am concerned the careers advice at my child’ s school isn’ t keeping pace with the future impact of AI
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12 %
Schools should use AI for schoolwork in the classroom
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8 %
Schools should encourage children to use AI for homework
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Sample: 5,866 parents in England( 3,391), Scotland( 1,309), Wales( 865) and Northern Ireland( 301) who have at least one child aged 4 to 18 in school. Base: All UK parents, weighted
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