DETECT.ai

DETECT.ai is an engaging, hands-on workshop designed to help students explore the ethical challenges of AI, particularly in the context of fake news and misinformation. Through interactive team-based scenario, students will examine how AI technologies can be used to create and spread false information, and the societal impact of this capability. In a collaborative environment, students will work in teams to simulate the creation and dissemination of fake news using AI tools, while learning to critically assess the authenticity of information.*

*Description courtesy of AI.

Key Themes: misinformation and disinformation, artificial intelligence, ethical technology use, critical thinking

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Available: Term 3 - Term 4 

Levels: 7-12 

Sessions: Tuesday to Friday at 9:30am-10:45am, 11am-12:15pm or 1pm-2:15pm. 

Duration: 1.25 hours (one module) 

Capacity 50 students 

Explore the ethical challenges of AI, particularly in the context of fake news and disinformation on social media.
Examine how AI technologies can be used to create and spread false information, and the societal impact of this capability.
Develop their awareness of tools and strategies for critically assessing the authenticity of information
Work collaboratively to solve a scenario and strengthen their AI literacy skills.
Computer science
Ethical decision making
Creative thinking
Critical Thinking
AI Literacy
Digital Technologies
Creative and Critical Thinking
Ethical Capability
Intercultural Capability