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  • Smart Machines: How AI Is Changing Our World

Smart Machines: How AI Is Changing Our World

Author
Helaine Becker
Illustrator
Pui Yan Fong
Publication Date
October 14, 2025
Genre / Grade Band
Non-fiction /  6th − 8th
Language
English
Smart Machines: How AI Is Changing Our World
Description

Did you ask Siri for directions to soccer practice today or use face recognition to log on to your phone? That's AI.

The latest generation of tech tools uses artificial intelligence to perform everyday tasks. AI can speed up repetitive jobs and even be used in software to help with medical diagnoses. But when the intellectual property of writers, actors and artists is uploaded into AI systems and used without permission, AI can cause harm. In Smart Machines, young readers will look at the history of AI, how it works, how it's used for good and bad and the ethical issues it raises. They'll also discover how the risks of AI can be managed through responsible design, regulation and in the individual choices people make about which tools to use or those to avoid. AI isn't intelligent, but it's a tool that is revolutionizing robotics and computer programming--and it could change humanity forever.

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Publication date
October 14, 2025
Genre
Non-fiction
Page Count
96
ISBN-13
9781459841536
Lexile Measure
990
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Series
Orca Think
BISAC categories
JNF051120 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Technology | How Things Work/Are Made
JNF012000 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Computers | General
JNF071000 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Social Activism & Volunteering
Helaine Becker
Helaine Becker is the bestselling author of more than 90 books for children and young adults, including Counting on Katherine, A Porcupine in a Pine Tree and Emmy Noether. She is a two-time recipient of the Lane Anderson Award and a winner of both the Silver Birch Award and the Red Cedar Award. Helaine lives with her family in Toronto, Ontario.
Sandra Dumais is a children's book illustrator and owner of an online retail shop that sells prints and housewares. The picture books that she has collaborated on have received top honors from the Booksellers' Association of Quebec. Sandra lives with her family in Montreal, Quebec.
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