Requirement
1. Sixteen terms defined: the vocabulary of everything after it
Required Often forgotten
Artificial intelligence, AI agents, automation, basic programming, bots, data, databases, digital workers, general AI, machine learning, narrow AI, superintelligent AI, tasks, triggers, workflows and variables: defined, and the meaning of each shared with your counselor.
Notes and warnings
Warning. THIS BADGE HAS NO PAMPHLET, AND THE BADGE SAYS SO ITSELF. An unnumbered note above requirement 1 explains that it was designed instead around the "Scoutly" chatbot on scouting.org. The note ends with a sentence that matters more than the rest of it: this does NOT replace the requirement to identify and work with a counselor to complete the badge. A badge delivered by chatbot invites the opposite conclusion, which is presumably why the sentence is there.
Where this step comes from
- Artificial Intelligence Merit Badge Requirements (Merit Badge Hub, last modified 2025-12-31), Requirement 1