Year 7 - Digital Literacy - AI

• Computing
• Lower Secondary (Key Stage 3)

Year 7 - Digital Literacy - AI

What is Artificial Inteligence?

KO: Understand AI's role in enhancing our lives, utilise AI for content creation, and appreciate its pros and cons.

All: Know what AI is and how it can be used to help improve our lives.

Most: Use AI to create content.

Some: Understand the advantages and disadvantages that AI brings to our lives

Guess what I asked AI
to generate this image?

Guess what I asked AI
to generate.

Check your results!

AI makes mistakes or may misunderstand and not give you what you've asked for.

Never use AI for anything important, without properly checking the results!

THINK - What can A.I. be used for?

Silent and solo:

Where can we use AI in the real world?

PAIR - What can A.I. be used for?

In pairs, discuss:

What can A.I. be used for?

SHARE: In your pairs; one of you will type, the other dictates:
What can A.I. be used for?

Examples

Healthcare: medical image analysis, personalized treatment plans.

Finance: fraud detection, customer service.

Retail: personalized recommendations, inventory management, chatbots.

Transportation: route optimization, self-driving vehicles, traffic management, predictive maintenance.

Marketing: targeted advertising, sentiment analysis.

Education: personalized learning, grading assistance, plagiarism detection.

Security: threat detection, biometric identification, surveillance analysis.

Agriculture: crop monitoring, yield prediction, soil analysis, and pest control.

Think of something you'd like to tell the MP for Mansfield to improve or change.

AI Email Draft

Use TalkAI to write an email to your MP based on the idea you just shared with us.

Share your letter spinner:

THINK: What disadvantages, including moral and ethical issues, exist around using A.I.?

Silent and solo

PAIR: What disadvantages, including moral and ethical issues, exist around using A.I.?

In pairs, discuss

SHARE: In your pairs; one of you will type, the other dictates:
What disadvantages, including moral and ethical issues, exist around using A.I.?

Disadvantages, Moral and Ethical issues

• Dependence/Overreliance: Relying on AI may lead to a loss of skills and decision-making abilities among users, resulting in dependence on AI systems for everyday tasks.
  
• Inequality and Access: AI's most powerful tools will likely continue to run on expensive hardware. if the poor have less access to AI than the rich, this could make inequality even worse.
• Fairness: AI's training can create biases. Using it for decisions in hiring, lending, and criminal justice is impossible in 2024.
• Privacy: AI's use of personal data raises privacy issues, including surveillance and data breaches.
  
• Transparency: Many AI algorithms are, "black boxes," so it's hard to understand or challenge the decisions.
  
• Responsibility: Questions about who is responsible for AI actions as it gets more autonomy.
  
• Job Displacement: AI automation may lead to unemployment.
  
• Security Risks: AI systems are susceptible to attacks and manipulation, posing risks to security and privacy.
  
• Human Relationships: Excessive reliance on AI may reduce social connections and empathy.
  
• Environment: Energy consumption of AI contributes to carbon emissions.

Image Generation

Think of an idea for a business/website/YouTube.

Use Canva to create a logo for your idea.

Save your best attempt to share with the class.

Upload your logo to share with the class.