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Truthiness A.I. Project

(modified version of the Truthiness project)

Other Names:

Artificial Truth

A.I. vs Truth

Fool me once



Essential Questions:

How do we know what is truth?
How do we tell the difference between truth and A.I?

Questions and Assignments:

Question 1: How do our assumptions decide what is true

Question 2: Can we fool each other with A.I. ?

Assignment 1: Prove the earth is flat (3 ways: Physics)

Assignment 2: Create a piece of media using A.I. that tricks our peers into believing it’s true

Question 3: How do our sources define what is true? 

Assignment 3: Look at sources over time on a given topic and see how “truth” changes

Question 4: How do our experiences color what we see as true? 

Assignment 4: Stained glass of linear graphs with three lenses that they see the world through

Question 5: Where does morality and legaltiy fit into A.I.?

Assignment 5: Create an entirely new person using A.I. and convince a jury of peers that this person is real - shown via Mural

Products:

Products: Documentarys of proving the earth is flat

Products: A.I. Media (Create fake news)

Products: Stained glass lenses

Products: A.I. Person Mural (Create fake person) 

Exhibition Venue: 

Exhibtion Venue: At School

Key Learning Goals: 

Standards: 
Students interpret past events and issues within the context in which an event unfolded rather than solely in terms of   present-day norms and values

Students distinguish valid arguments from fallacious arguments in historical interpretations

Students identify bias and prejudice in historical interpretations

Students construct and test hypotheses; collect, evaluate, and employ information from multiple primary and secondary sources; and apply it in oral and written presentations

Possible Anchor Texts:


Thinking Fast and Slow: Daniel Kahneman

Klara and the Sun: Kazuo Ishiguro

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick

Truth: How the Many Sides to Every Story Shape Our Reality

The Undoing Project: Michael Lewis

Connections to culturally responsive and/ or critical pedagogy:


Looking at the world through different perspectives, discussing, writing, and creating art based on our realizations of how our biases shape out understanding of the world around us.

Question 4: How do our experiences color what we see as true?

Assignment 4: Stained glass of linear graphs with three lenses that they see the world through


Other Possible Projoects:


Butterfly Project

Tiny Desk (Music Studio)