How do young people feel about AI? 7 teens weigh in
NPR asked seven teenagers across the United States to share their perspectives on growing up and learning alongside artificial intelligence tools. The piece offers a ground-level look at how the first generation shaped by widespread AI actually experiences it.
Why this matters: The people who will live longest with AI decisions are rarely asked about them. Teens are already using these tools in school, in their social lives, and in figuring out who they are. Their instincts about what feels useful, weird, or threatening are worth paying attention to. Adults designing AI policy and products tend to imagine users in the abstract. These are the actual users.
Who should care: General readers · AI governance · Policy
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