The Arizona House Committee on Artificial Intelligence and Innovation passed a bill on Thursday seeking to develop school instruction surrounding AI. Committee members voted 4-2, with one member voting present, on House Bill 4005, which was introduced by Rep. Nick Kupper, R-Yuma.
HB 4005 would require school districts and charter schools to give instruction on the “ethical, moral and educational uses” of AI. The instruction would need to be based on “basic techniques for AI prompts” and “ethical considerations for using AI in learning and in daily life.”
The bill defines AI as a “machine-based system that is able to make predictions, recommendations or decisions,” including “generative systems that produce content in response to prompts.”
School districts or charter schools would be allowed to implement the instruction into existing curricula or create a whole new separate course, HB 4005 states. On Oct. 15 of each year, the bill would require school districts and charter schools to submit a report to the Arizona Department of Education describing the type of AI instruction they provide to students.
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