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Artificial Intelligence: Reality, Fiction and Responsibility

Key question: When we talk about AI, what belongs to reality, to possible evolutions, or to science fiction? To what extent should we give machines intelligence?

Axes: Innovations scientifiques et responsabilité · Fictions et réalités · Citoyenneté et mondes virtuels.

Final task (written expression): As a candidate in the US presidential election, you give a speech in Silicon Valley about the future of AI and whether laws should limit it.

Intermediary tasks: a phone call to a tech company about a chatbot's wrong advice (interaction), a video reaction to a ride in a Waymo self-driving car (oral production), an official apology letter (written), a dialogue about a household android (interaction), a class debate (interaction).

Sessions

Session 1: What is AI really?
What can AI do today, and what still belongs to science fiction?
Session 2: AI that helps
How does AI already improve people's lives in health, at home and on the road?
Session 3: AI gone wrong
How can AI spread lies, and how can citizens protect themselves?
Session 4: A warning from fiction: Fahrenheit 451
What does Ray Bradbury's novel tell us about screens, books and critical thought?
Session 5: Should AI be limited?
Should laws limit the development of AI?
Final task: the Silicon Valley speechAssessment out of 20
With its answer key and a model answer
Teacher marking grid
Criteria and points
Active correction sheet
My mistake, type of error, correct form, why
Adapted version (dyslexia)
Assessment, marking grid and correction sheet

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