  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.
