Overview: To support youth in considering fairer futures with AI, as well as possible roles they and other stakeholders might play in getting there, we created various 'speculative future' activities. These activities scaffold envisioning ideal futures with AI and what to avoid on the way, empowering youth as designers and big picture thinkers. Projects like these can then be shared with others (e.g., parents or peers) beyond the learning experience. For researchers, these activities lend insight into youths' mental models of (un)ethical AI, its socio-technical implications, and processes around creating responsible technologies.
Audience: 4th-12th grade (due to the open-ended nature of the activities, works for a wide range of ages)
Notes:
The first activity can be used in virtual settings (e.g., an online workshop)
Booklet-based activities below require being printed out and folded for the best experience
These activities are meant to spur conversation and thought but are best paired with additional content about AI fairness (e.g., Bias in AI)
Publications:
"I Would Like to Design": Black Girls Analyzing and Ideating Fair and Accountable AI (CHI '23). ⭐ Best Paper Honorable Mention Award (top 5%)
Booklet-Based Design Fiction to Support AI Literacy (SIGCSE '23)
Learners consider a future AI they'd like to exist
A booklet can be an artifact that learners take with them after the AI literacy activities
Future AI Technology (slide deck template) — This slide deck template can be duplicated. Learners consider a future artificial intelligence, what it looks like, what purpose it serves, and stakeholders it could impact. Additional prompts support thinking about data to create responsible AI and avoid unfair outcomes.
My AI Idea Booklet — Print out and fold this booklet for the best experience. Learners think of their own futuristic AI idea that they'd like to exist.
Future_AI_Booklet.pdf