Laws for AI
Students research ethical business practices, learn about Asimov’s Laws of Robotics, examine the societal impact of AI, and develop their own laws for AI.
Social Implications
Using AI to Solve Environmental Problems
Students explore AI applications for addressing environmental challenges. They learn about AI’s role in sustainability and propose AI-powered solutions to local environmental issues, enhancing their research, critical thinking, and presentation skills.
Developing a Critical Eye
This project teaches students to critically evaluate information in the age of AI to identify, create, and disseminate information and disinformation.
The Trade-Offs of AI Technology
Students examine the benefits and drawbacks of various AI technologies by exploring ethical considerations, stakeholder impacts, and personal implications of AI use.
AI Chatbots
This project introduces students to how AI chatbots work, focusing on natural language processing. Students learn to develop chatbot models for subject-specific tasks, enhancing their understanding of AI’s role in communication and task automation.
AI and the 21st Century Worker
This project engages students in exploring how AI technologies impact school and work life. Through various activities, students learn about AI’s ethical implications, the importance of diversity in AI development, and future workforce skills.
Use AI to Generate Concrete Examples
The activity involves using AI to generate concrete examples to explain abstract concepts, making them more relatable for students.
Co-Creating an AI Policy
The activity engages students in exploring the ethical considerations and policy implications of AI technology.
Hallucination Detective
The activity teaches students to investigate and understand AI chatbot hallucinations.
Mind of a Machine
The activity helps students explore AI’s decision-making processes and its ethical implications. As part of the activity, students play “Celebrity Heads” to compare artificial intelligence to human intelligence.
Interview a Chatbot
This activity introduces students to AI and its applications in writing as they interview a chatbot to learn more about how the AI tool works.
How to Use AI Responsibly EVERY Time
This activity guides students on using AI responsibly in their writing and research by evaluating AI output using the mnemonic EVERY.
Student Guide for AI Use
This resource “helps students understand how and when to use these [AI] tools wisely and responsibly.” by using a flowchart of possible uses and their academic appropriateness.
AI’s Impact on the Environment
This activity explores AI’s impact on the environment, asking students to write analytical essays on the environmental costs and benefits of AI technologies.
Uncovering Deepfakes
Students will analyze various examples of deepfakes, discuss their implications, and learn to apply strategies to discern authentic from manipulated content.
Critiquing Generative AI in Technology and Culture
Students experiment with generative AI and critically evaluate its limitations and implications on academic work. Through this process, students learn to distinguish between reliable and fabricated sources.
Meaningful Writing in the Age of Generative Artificial Intelligence
Students examine the music and social media presence of singers that they know well and compare their findings to the responses the ChatGPT provides about the singers.
A Stoplight Model for Guiding Student AI Usage
This assignment establishes explicit guidelines for when and how students can use AI, categorized into red, yellow, and green lights.
GenAI Platform Privacy Impact Assessment & Remediation
Students conduct a comprehensive analysis of privacy impacts, which involves writing thorough assessments that consider various aspects of data security and user privacy within AI systems.
Speaking and Thinking for Ourselves
Students reflect on ethical considerations in the context of communication and technology by comparing ideas in an Immanual Kant essay to current events related to artificial intelligence.
Writing Imagery: Multimodal AIs in History and Digital Art
Students engage in multimodal composition, blending written text with digital images, sounds, and other media forms to create a rich, layered project. Students also conduct in-depth historical research to inform their creative work
AI Literacy: Real-World Cautionary Tales
Students analyze real-world case studies that illustrate the potential pitfalls and ethical considerations of AI applications, enhancing their understanding of AI’s impact on society.
Wrestling with A.I.
Students first read and reflect on articles on the social implications of AI and then participate in class discussions of the ethical dilemmas that AI presents. Additional ideas in the chapter include asking students to play with predictive text and to write position statements on the use of AI.
Automated Aid or Offloading Close Reading? Student Perspectives on AI Reading Assistants
The assignment encourages students to critically evaluate AI tools, considering their benefits and limitations, and developing a nuanced understanding of their impact on the reading process.