Amnesty International Lessons in China at the age of six years are presented at school-now 250 CEOs want the lessons to come to America

• Microsoft, Airbnb and Uber executives are among more than 250 business leaders Those who demand computer science and education for artificial intelligence for all students. They say the failure to do this may be a 660 billion dollars error and risk the United States behind China and South Korea.

The United States and China are in the artificial intelligence race – and the competition now extends along the way to the semester.

More than 250 CEOs, such as Satia Nadella from Microsoft, Brein Chisky of Airbnb, and Dara Khosrowshahi from Uber, have joined the USA’s alarm bells in technological competitiveness – but they can be resolved, as they say, by making computer science and promoting students in the United States.

“In the era of artificial intelligence, we must prepare our children for the future – to be the facilities of Amnesty International, not just consumers,” the CEO He wrote in a letter Send to legislators this week. “The main basis for computer science and AI is very important to help every student prosper in a world moved by technology. Without, they are risking backwardness.”

Executive chiefs say exposing every member of Gen Alpha and Gen Z to technical education may lead to a major impact. The lock of more than $ 660 billion of economic capabilities can be canceled every year, and students’ wages will increase by 8 %, regardless of the career path or whether they are attending the college.

The United States “lags” by teaching artificial intelligence

Executive managers said that other countries, such as China and South Korea, “are behind the knees.”

In the capital of China, Beijing and primary and secondary schools are scheduled to offer at least eight hours of artificial intelligence semesters every academic year. Students who are over six years old will be taught topics such as how to use Chatbots properly and artificial intelligence ethics.

By next year, South Korea plans To train all its teachers how to use artificial intelligence technology effectively to transform the semester, and the country has already begun to present the digital school books of Amnesty International for students throughout the country on topics such as English, mathematics and information.

Return to the United States, President Donald Trump has recently signed an executive order To enhance literacy from the artificial intelligence of every student, but it is not clear what the concrete results are.

Despite decades continuous invitations to increase technological literacy, only 12 states have implemented the requirements of computer science graduation, and last year, only 6.4 % of all high school students registered in the computer science course.

Executive chiefs are concerned about the state of education

both of them LinkedIn and World Economic Forum She recently concluded that AI’s literacy is the fastest skill of artificial intelligence required to succeed in the workplace. Technology leaders, such as Samman of Openai, agree that learning to benefit from artificial intelligence is the most important ability for students to master.

“The apparent tactical thing is really good to use artificial intelligence tools.” Class.

“As I was when I was graduating as a great high school leader, the clear tactical thing was to be good in coding, and this is the new version of that.”

However, the world of education has not yet united on the best youth education strategy. The CEO of Meta Mark Zuckerberg recently went to say that higher education in particular is not students in the current and future labor market.

“I am not sure that the college is people for the jobs they need today. I think there is a big problem with that, and all the problems of students’ debts are really big,” Zuckerberg said in At the end of last week Podcast With Theo Phone.

to code.org President Cameron Wilson-who organized a strong 250-coo speech-the solution is simple:

“Computer Science and Amnesty International opens an entrance to the skills that K-12 students need to prosper in an economy that changes by the moment,” He said In a press release.

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