Melania Trump Urges 4th- to 6th-Graders to Build A.I. Robots as U.S. Seeks to Lead
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Updated · The New York Times · Sep 15
Melania Trump Urges 4th- to 6th-Graders to Build A.I. Robots as U.S. Seeks to Lead
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Sep 15
Summary
At a North Carolina elementary school, Melania Trump urged fourth- through sixth-graders to build “the next great robot” and praised their classroom work with artificial intelligence.
Asked about risks around children using A.I., she said they should stay vigilant but argued the technology is the future and that the United States must lead rather than fall behind.
Students at Mountain View Elementary showed projects using balloons and a bottle to model organs, then used A.I. to turn images of the model into a video simulation.
The rare solo trip landed amid a wider A.I. fight after Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei called over the weekend for a global slowdown, a warning endorsed by Elon Musk and other industry leaders.