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intelligence, it seems more critical than ever to ensure
our students know how to responsibility use these tools.
So, picture this: a classroom buzzing with excitement as
we dive headfirst into a unit plan that tackles the three
keys to the digital world—bias, privacy, and
misinformation. We kick off with a lesson on AI chatbot
bias. Now, I must confess, I was a little skeptical at first.
I mean, can AI really be biased? Turns out, not only can
it be biased, it is often displaying bias. My students were
as shocked as I was when they discovered the biases
lurking behind those seemingly innocent chatbots and
image tools. Together, we unraveled the complexities
and implications of biased AI, including gender bias,
racial and cultural bias, and biased stereotypes, and let
me tell you, minds were blown! See below the image
generated for the prompt: "people at work."
At first it might not seem like anything is a miss, but then
we began to ask questions like, "what type of work is
being represented? "What type of work isn't?" "Who is

