AI Quests from Google teaches AI literacy to kids

The quests are set in a fantasy world, but they address real societal challenges. In the first quest, live today and inspired by our Flood Forecasting research, students learn how AI can help predict floods and give communities timely flood warnings. Students must collect relevant data sources, like rainfall and river flow, evaluate the quality of the data and train and test their model. They use this to help the game characters anticipate the next flood. Students learn how factors like human judgment and data quality shape AI’s outputs and impact.

Two more quests will launch in the coming months. One quest draws from an AI model developed by Google Research to detect a condition called diabetic retinopathy, which can lead to blindness. The other quest takes inspiration from our Connectomics research to map and understand the human brain.

At the end of each quest, students receive a recorded video message from the real researchers behind the work about how they are using AI responsibly to improve the lives of millions of people worldwide. Each quest also comes with a complete lesson plan and teacher guide, with pre- and post-game activities.