AI Literacy: Check Before You Trust · Answer Key

Check the answers together. If an answer is different from yours, talk about how each of you got there. Both ways of thinking are worth hearing.

1. Made-up details
A kid asks the AI: “Tell me about the first Moon landing.”
The AI answers: Sure! Here are four facts about Apollo 11:
- Statement A: Apollo 11 landed on the Moon in July 1969.
- Statement B: Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the surface.
- Statement C: Michael Collins stayed in lunar orbit.
- Statement D: The rocket was launched from Houston, Texas. ← the mistake
Answer: D. AI can mix up real facts: Houston was mission control, but the Saturn V launched from Florida. Wrong details inside mostly right answers are hard to spot.
2. Bias in data and AI
A kid asks the AI: “Can an AI system be biased?”
The AI answers: Here are four statements about bias:
- Statement A: Survey wording can push people toward one answer.
- Statement B: A sample that leaves out some groups can give biased results.
- Statement C: If training data over-represents some groups, an AI can work worse for others.
- Statement D: An AI can't be biased because computers are objective. ← the mistake
Answer: D. AI systems learn patterns from data that people collected and chose. If that data is skewed, the AI can be skewed too.
3. Questioning an AI
A kid asks the AI: “How should I use an AI answer?”
The AI answers: Here are four habits:
- Statement A: Ask the AI for its sources, then check those sources yourself.
- Statement B: A confident tone is good evidence the answer is accurate. ← the mistake
- Statement C: Rewording a question can change the answer an AI gives.
- Statement D: Asking for the strongest counter-argument can reveal weaknesses.
Answer: B. Confidence in how something is written says nothing about whether it's correct. Evidence does.
4. Verifying sources
A kid asks the AI: “How do I verify a claim online?”
The AI answers: Here are four verification steps:
- Statement A: Open other sites to see what they say about the source (lateral reading).
- Statement B: Check the date, because old information may be outdated.
- Statement C: A .org web address guarantees a trustworthy source. ← the mistake
- Statement D: Find the original study or data when you can.
Answer: C. Web address endings don't prove trustworthiness. Who runs the site, and what evidence they show, matter more.

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