You need to talk to your kid about AI. Here are 6 things you should say.

But it's not just AI chatbots that kids are encountering in schools and in their daily lives. AI is increasingly everywhere--recommending shows to us on Netflix, helping Alexa answer our questions, powering your favorite interactive Snapchat filters and the way you unlock your smartphone. While some students will invariably be more interested in AI than others, understanding the fundamentals of how these systems work is becoming a basic form of literacy--something everyone who finishes high school should know, says Regina Barzilay, a professor at MIT and a faculty lead for AI at the MIT Jameel Clinic. The clinic recently ran a summer program for 51 high school students interested in the use of AI in health care. Kids should be encouraged to be curious about the systems that play an increasingly prevalent role in our lives, she says.