Living with AI: How Much Has It Really Changed Us?
A 60-minute session on how AI has crept into ordinary life: homework, health, arguments at home, messages to people we love, and the jobs we were told were safe. Has it changed what we do, or who we are? Twelve independent cards; open three or four.
The opening question
Think of the last thing you asked an AI: did it save you time, or save you from thinking?
Everyone in the room answers this in one line before any card is opened. Write the answers down; you will come back to them.
The cards
12 ways into the topic
Each card is independent. Your group votes on which to open, and four or five is plenty for an hour. Behind every card sit three prompts, one at a time, that only appear once it is opened on the board. Unopened cards keep for next time.
- 1
Telling AI Your Problems
It's 1 am and something is bothering you. You don't want to wake a friend. So you type it all out to ChatGPT, and it answers kindly, straight away.
- 2
Using AI In Arguments
You and your partner are fighting about whose turn it was.
- 3
Messages Written By AI
Your cousin's wedding is next week and you have to give a speech. You ask AI, and in ten seconds it writes something lovely. Everyone claps.
- 4
Homework Done By AI
Your child has an essay due tomorrow. It's done in five minutes, and it's better than anything you wrote at school.
- 5
Hiding AI Use At Work
Your boss praises the report you sent. It was good. But AI wrote most of it in two minutes, and you didn't say a word.
- 6
Being Polite To AI
You type “please” when you ask ChatGPT something. You even say “thank you” when it's done. It's a machine, and it doesn't care.
- 7
Asking AI Before A Doctor
You have a strange pain. Before you book a doctor, you describe it to AI. It gives you a list of causes and a plan.
- 8
Skills We've Stopped Using
You can't remember your best friend's phone number. You can't get across town without the map.
- 9
AI And Your Job
Your company says AI will make everyone's work easier. Then the new hires stop coming. Your parents ask if your job is safe.
- 10
Fake Videos In The Family Group
Someone in the family group shares a video. A famous person says something shocking. Your uncle believes it. It turns out AI made the whole thing.
- 11
Turning Photos Into AI Art
Everyone is turning their family photos into cartoon pictures with AI. Yours look magical.
- 12
Why AI Hasn't Changed Us
Every generation panicked about its new invention.
The line to leave with
Of all the things you now hand to a machine, which one was quietly part of who you were?
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