Modern schoolchildren choose artificial intelligence as a direction for future professions

Abstract

Artificial intelligence currently remains a topical issue for the development of content in school education in informatics and information and communication technologies. Artificial intelligence technologies are included in the school curriculum back in 2021 and are already being studied in almost half of secondary schools in Russia, and by the end of 2024 it is planned that artificial intelligence issues will be studied in most Russian schools. When studying these issues, schoolchildren often demonstrate increased motivation for the material. In this regard, the purpose of this article is to share with the pedagogical community the results of a survey of participants in the final stage of the All-Russian Olympiad in Artificial Intelligence 2022 regarding artificial intelligence trends. Some results in the article are presented in comparison with the responses of schoolchildren to a similar survey in 2021. The expressed opinions of schoolchildren make it possible both to identify gaps in the modern school informatics course on this issue, and to identify new directions for the development of educational content that will be most in demand, according to modern schoolchildren, in their future professions in the context of the digital transformation of society.