Social Implications

Ethical Discussions

These activity prompts, all written by Traci Gardner, help students explore ethical considerations related to AI in writing.

AI Disclosure in Agency Communication

Students discuss the use of disclosure statements for AI-generated content. Students consider how to craft clear and honest statements, enhancing their technical writing skills and understanding of AI ethics.

Facing Off with Facial Recognition

Through discussions, definitions, and reflective activities, students develop a critical understanding of facial recognition and its impact on privacy, enhancing their analytical and writing skills.

AI Algorithms: How Well Do They Know You?

This lesson plan teaches students about AI recommendation algorithms and their influence on online content. Through videos, discussions, and reflective exercises, students learn how algorithms shape their online experiences and develop critical thinking and writing skills.

How AI Bias Impacts Our Lives

This lesson plan helps students understand the impacts of AI bias on society. Through critical thinking exercises and discussions, students learn about AI bias, its negative effects, and how to address and report these issues.

Understanding AI Bias

This lesson plan helps students understand AI bias through practical exercises and discussions. By exploring training and testing data, students learn how biases can be introduced into AI systems and develop critical thinking and writing skills by analyzing and reflecting on these concepts.

AI Chatbots: Who’s Behind the Screen?

This lesson plan introduces students to AI chatbots, their functionalities, and their real-life applications. Through videos, discussions, and interactive activities, students enhance their understanding of AI chatbots and develop critical writing skills by articulating their knowledge and reflections.

The 29 AIs of Washington, D.C.

Students explore how AI systems influence government decision-making and their impact on daily life. By creating infographics, students will explain AI’s role in practical decisions and draw conclusions about AI-based decision-making effects.

Picturing the Future of Medicine

Students envision the future of medicine through AI innovation by creating a virtual vision board. They will explore how AI has augmented the field of medicine and predict future developments.

Interview with ChatGPT

Students explore the abilities and limitations of AI chatbots like ChatGPT through creating and recording a podcast interview. Students will analyze the role of AI in information-providing contexts and compare it with human expertise.

Interspecies Communication App

This activity involves students exploring AI’s potential in decoding animal communication and designing a mobile app prototype for interspecies communication.

Highway to Autonomy

This activity involves students exploring the technology, benefits, and ethical concerns of autonomous vehicles (AVs). Through research and analysis, students will create a policy proposal addressing a specific AV concern and advocate for their proposal.

Facial Recognition for Good, Evil, & Everything in Between

This activity explores the dual-use nature of AI facial recognition technology through research and creative categorization. Students will develop critical writing skills by analyzing and presenting the ethical implications and societal impact of facial recognition.

Deepfake PSA

This activity engages students in understanding and addressing the impact of AI-generated deepfakes through creating a press release. The focus is on developing fact-based, balanced written communication aimed at educating the general public about deepfakes.

Artificial Common Sense

This activity involves students debating the role of common sense in AI and its importance in decision-making. Through structured debates, students will explore and argue different perspectives on AI’s capabilities and limitations, enhancing their critical thinking and persuasive writing skills.

A Decision Tree to Guide Student AI Use

This activity provides a decision tree model to guide students in responsible AI use for enhancing their learning. It emphasizes critical engagement, iterative use, and transparency in AI interactions, fostering metacognitive reflection and ethical clarity in writing.

Help Students Think More Deeply With ChatGPT

This assignment guides students in using ChatGPT to enhance their critical thinking skills. It encourages them to engage deeply with content, ask insightful questions, and analyze AI-generated responses for accuracy and relevance.

AI-Powered vs. Human Translators

This project helps students compare AI-powered translators with human translation accuracy and apply these tools in real-time conversations. They will develop an understanding of AI in language processing and evaluate its effectiveness in facilitating communication.

Design an AI Agent

This project guides students in designing an AI agent to effectively interact with humans in various disciplines. They will explore the current use of AI in specific fields and develop their own AI agents to address real-world tasks or challenges.

Create an AI Expert Guessing Game

This project helps students understand how subject-matter experts classify information and how AI can perform similar classifications to solve real-world problems. By creating a guessing game, students synthesize knowledge from their coursework, making it a great tool for review and end-of-unit synthesis.