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Week 09 · Talking Machines

Explorer Quest

Explorer Quest: Person or Tool?
// Words without feelings
⏱ about 15 min

Explorer Quest: Person or Tool?

Rocket writes a card: "Can feel proud." Raven writes another: "Can answer in words."

"Let's make a game," Rocket says. "Person, tool or both?"

Raven shuffles the cards. "What do you notice? Some fit both!"

Nova blinks. "Think about what each one can really do," she says.

  1. Some AI can talk with us in everyday language.
  2. It learned word patterns from a huge number of examples that people gathered.
  3. It is a tool. It does not think or feel like a person.
  4. Talking tools can sound kind and sure, and still be wrong.
  5. Talk to a trusted grown-up about feelings, and before using any app.
◇ PERSON, TOOL OR BOTH?
Copy each card from the table below onto its own slip of paper.
Make three spots on the table: Person, Tool, Both.
Take turns picking a card and placing it.
Explain your choice out loud.
If you disagree, talk it over kindly.
CardPerson, Tool or Both?
can feel proud
can answer in words
can truly care
can be wrong
can give a hug
can use feeling words
For a grown-up
Answers to check: feel proud, truly care and give a hug are Person.
Answer in words, be wrong and use feeling words are Both.
Ask: why do you think people sometimes treat talking tools like friends?
CardCan a talking AI tool do it?
can feel proud?
can answer in words?
can truly care?
can be wrong?
can use feeling words?
WHY THIS EXERCISETalking tools use words and can be wrong, but they do not feel or care.
QUEST CHECK
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
Who gathered the examples that talking AI learned from?
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