Children growing up in the era of Artificial Intelligence (AI) will be most impacted by the technology across their life span. Participatory Design (PD) is widely adopted by the Interaction Design and Children (IDC) community, which empowers children to bring their interests, needs, and creativity to the design process of future technologies. While PD has drawn increasing attention to human-centered AI design, it remains largely untapped in facilitating the design process of AI technologies relevant to children and their community. In this paper, we report intriguing children's design ideas on AI technologies resulting from the "Research and Design Challenge" of the 22nd ACM Interaction Design and Children (IDC 2023) conference. The diversity of design problems, AI applications and capabilities revealed by the children's design ideas shed light on the potential of engaging children in PD activities for future AI technologies. We discuss opportunities and challenges for accessible and inclusive PD experiences with children in shaping the future of AI-powered society.

翻译：在人工智能时代成长的儿童将在一生中受该技术影响最深。参与式设计被儿童交互设计社区广泛采用，该方法赋能儿童将自身兴趣、需求与创造力融入未来技术的设计过程。尽管参与式设计日益受到人本人工智能设计的关注，但在促进与儿童及其社区相关的人工智能技术设计流程方面仍存在大量未开发空间。本文报告了第22届ACM儿童交互设计会议（IDC 2023）“研究与设计挑战赛”中产生的儿童关于人工智能技术的创新设计构想。儿童设计构想所展现的设计问题多样性、人工智能应用及其能力，揭示了让儿童参与未来人工智能技术参与式设计活动的潜力。我们探讨了与儿童共同开展可及且包容的参与式设计体验，以塑造人工智能驱动社会未来的机遇与挑战。