🌍 AI in the Real World
Find 3 things you used today that probably have AI inside.
🔥 Warm Up — 2 minutes
Without using a computer — where do you think AI might be hiding in daily life? Give yourself 2 minutes to list everything you can think of.
"Let's test your guesses and find some you did not think of."
🤖 The Activity — 15 minutes
For each item — have you used this today? This week? Check off what applies to your family.
This demystifies AI — pattern recognition and prediction at scale, not magic. Does knowing how it works change how you feel about using it?
🧩 The Twist — 5 minutes
AI will struggle. Ask: is it good or bad that AI is in so many things? Do we get to choose? No right answers — the point is to think about it.
You saw today that AI is in recommender systems, autocomplete, voice assistants, and more. These are designed to feel helpful and personal — but they are tools. They optimise for engagement, not for your wellbeing.
World Spotter Badge 🌍
Found AI hiding in everyday life — and understood what it was doing
Parent Notes — tap to expand
▼Ambient AI literacy — understanding that AI is infrastructure, not just chat tools.
- What was the most surprising place AI was hiding?
- Is there something we use every day you will look at differently now?
- If AI disappeared from all those places tomorrow — what would change?
This can generate some anxiety in sensitive children. Keep the tone curious and investigative, not alarming.
The recommender systems conversation is worth having explicitly: apps are designed to keep your child engaged. Whose interests is this AI serving?