AI in Society
Jobs, power, fairness — and what kids get to decide.
The course about us. Kids investigate how AI changes work, who benefits, who gets watched, and which decisions belong to humans. They finish by writing their own AI bill of rights.
"AI is a choice we keep making. Who gets to make it?"
That's the throughline. Every module reinforces it from a different angle — and every lesson ends with the kid being able to demonstrate it.
5 modules. 24 lessons.
Each module ends with a six-question challenge. Pass five, earn the badge.
Every wave of technology changed work. AI is a wave. We look at what stays human, what gets faster, what disappears.
- 1Jobs that already use AI
- 2Augment vs. replace
- 3New jobs that didn’t exist five years ago
- 4What humans are still better at
- 5Imagine your future job
- ★Challenge: Future Forecaster
Algorithms now help decide who gets a loan, a job, a parole hearing. We learn to ask: should this be automated? Who pays when it’s wrong?
- 1Algorithms in school admissions
- 2Predictive policing — a case study
- 3Hiring algorithms and bias
- 4When the model is the boss
- 5Whose decision is this, really?
- ★Challenge: Decision Auditor
AI runs on data — and most of that data is about people. Kids learn what they share, who profits, and how to push back.
- 1Where your data goes
- 2Faces, voices, and biometric AI
- 3The deal you didn’t read
- 4On-device vs. cloud AI
- 5Your privacy toolkit
- ★Challenge: Privacy Pro
When anyone can generate anything, "I read it online" stops meaning anything. We rebuild media literacy from scratch.
- 1Fakes vs. mistakes vs. lies
- 2Synthetic news in your feed
- 3Triangulating: three sources, one truth
- 4Watermarks and provenance — what works
- 5How AI changes elections
- ★Challenge: Truth Tracker
You’ve learned how it works, what it does, and where it fails. Now you write the rules: what AI should and shouldn’t be allowed to do.
- 1Existing AI laws (a tour)
- 2Rights you wish people had
- 3Drafting a clause that’s actually enforceable
- 4Your bill, defended
- 5Sharing it with your community
- ★Challenge: Civic Architect