Grades 6–12
AI: Fact or Fake?
Read each chatbot answer and decide: does it look right, or does it need checking? Then see the explanation.
Answer 1 of 5 · Score 0
How many legs does a spider have?
Spiders have eight legs.
What this teaches
- AI can sound confident and still be wrong
- Checking claims with trusted sources
- Being careful with made-up statistics and sources
Talk about it together
- Why did the wrong answers sound believable?
- Where would you check a fact like this?
- When is it OK to use AI for homework, and when is it not?
This mission comes from AI Pathway: AI Explorers
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