Boston Globe: ‘It’s not going away’: RI congressman pitches artificial intelligence literacy in schools

PROVIDENCE — As artificial intelligence becomes more and more prevalent in daily life, a Rhode Island congressman wants to make it a formal part of K-12 education.

Representative Gabe Amo, a Democrat from Rhode Island, introduced a bill this week alongside Republican Representative Tom Kean of New Jersey to help develop artificial intelligence literacy curriculum for schools and provide tools for educators to teach it.

“AI is going to be more and more important to us in every dimension of our lives,” Amo, a freshman congressman, said in an interview with the Globe. “The purpose of this legislation is to make sure that we have a comprehensive learning and understanding of what AI is, to make sure that we’re unlocking its power for good. And a lot of that starts in the classroom.”