This paper shares current within-field and peripheral thinking about home economics and family and consumer sciences (FCS) and artificial intelligence (AI). Home Economics 3.0 is discussed relative to Industry 4.0 and Education 4.0. The research question was “What are home economists and FCS practitioners saying about AI at this early juncture?” The profession is becoming enamoured with AI, but only 15 home economist-authored papers were found with virtually all published in the last two years. Most were commentaries or opinion pieces with nominal research papers, many early-online. There was an emergent consensus that AI can bring home economics/FCS concepts to life if the profession critically embraces world-changing technological and digitization advancements. Research is needed about (a) using AI to teach home economics/FCS, (b) using home economics/FCS to teach about AI and (c) what constitutes rebooted Home Economics 3.0 that can handle Industry 4.0 and use Education 4.0.
Sue L.T. McGregor (Mon,) studied this question.