Teach a Child to Fly with AIs

I

Teach a kid to use many AIs well and you’ll give them wings.
They’ll discover more than you ever could—new ideas, new paths, new ways of thinking.

Stop a kid from using AI and you’ll tie them down.
To you.
To your biases.
To the limits of what you know.
To your world.
They’ll inherit your fears and stop short of what’s possible.

Ignore AI and maybe they’ll figure it out or maybe they won’t.
They have TikTok and YouTube.
Kids are resilient.
But they deserve guidance too—someone to help them how to separate truth from so much noise.

II

Teach a kid to question AI, to poke and prod at its answers, and you’ll give them a compass.
They’ll learn to navigate oceans of information with a critical eye.

Stop a kid from asking hard questions, to just read the book, to just hear the lecture, and you’ll blindfold them.
To nuance.
To complexity.
To the many shapes reality can take.
They’ll believe the first story they hear and never ask for the second.

Ignore the ethics of AI and maybe they’ll piece it together or maybe they won’t.
Algorithms shape what they see and hear—constantly, invisibly.
Kids adapt, but a gentle nudge toward awareness can save them from hidden pitfalls.

III

Teach a kid to collaborate with AI, to combine human empathy with machine precision, and you’ll give them a superpower.
They’ll dream bigger and build faster—solutions you never even imagined. Solutions we need

Stop a kid from collaborating and you’ll fence them in.
To small teams.
To aging tools.
To ideas that have already lost their spark.
They’ll work harder for smaller outcomes.

Ignore the possibilities of AI and maybe they’ll stumble on them one day, or maybe they won’t.
Trends move quickly, opportunities slip by.
Kids are resourceful, but every new door you help them open widens the horizon.