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AI, Society & Your Future

The AI economy, the future of work, policy, and your AI-augmented career.

Elementary

AI in My World

AI is woven through a child's everyday world. Kids learn to spot AI at home, at school, while traveling, in games, and in places they cannot even see.

  1. 1AI Is All Around Us
  2. 2AI at Home
  3. 3AI at School
  4. 4AI When We Travel
  5. 5AI in Games and Fun
  6. 6AI in Stores and Money
  7. 7AI That Talks and Listens
  8. 8AI You Cannot See
  9. 9AI Spotter
  10. 10A World With AI

AI Helps People Work

AI helps grown-ups do their jobs. Kids explore how doctors, artists, farmers, teachers, and scientists team up with AI as a helper.

  1. 1Grown-Ups and Their Jobs
  2. 2AI Is a Work Helper
  3. 3Doctors and Nurses Use AI
  4. 4Artists and Writers Use AI
  5. 5Builders and Farmers Use AI
  6. 6Teachers Use AI
  7. 7Scientists Use AI
  8. 8People and AI, Team Up
  9. 9Job Helper Match
  10. 10AI at Work — Wrap-Up

AI Helps Communities

AI helps whole communities. Kids learn how AI supports health, food, emergencies, the planet, and people who need extra help.

  1. 1What Is a Community?
  2. 2AI Helps Keep People Healthy
  3. 3AI Helps Grow Food
  4. 4AI Helps in Emergencies
  5. 5AI Helps the Earth
  6. 6AI Helps People Who Need It
  7. 7AI Helps Us Learn About the World
  8. 8AI Brings People Together
  9. 9Community Helper Plan
  10. 10AI for Everyone
  11. 11Lab: Ai Community Map

AI and Big Questions

AI raises big, important questions. Kids practice asking whether AI is fair, who can use it, and when people — not AI — should decide.

  1. 1Asking Good Questions About AI
  2. 2Is It Fair for Everyone?
  3. 3Who Can Use AI?
  4. 4AI and Real Feelings
  5. 5When AI Should Not Decide
  6. 6Telling People About AI
  7. 7Caring About Others
  8. 8Making AI Better Together
  9. 9Big Question Circle
  10. 10Thinking Kids

My Future with AI

The future belongs to today's kids. They imagine growing up with AI, future jobs, and the skills — curiosity, kindness, teamwork — that always matter.

  1. 1Growing Up With AI
  2. 2Jobs That Might Exist Someday
  3. 3You Could Make AI
  4. 4Dreaming Big
  5. 5Skills That Always Matter
  6. 6Learning Never Stops
  7. 7Solving Problems You Care About
  8. 8You and AI, Growing Together
  9. 9My Future Plan
  10. 10A Bright Future

Capstone Project: Map AI in Your Community

Go on a hunt for the hidden AI all around you.

  1. 1Project: Map AI in Your Community

Middle

AI Across Society

AI is deployed across every sector of society. Students survey AI in healthcare, transport, finance, media, science, government, and education.

  1. 1AI Is Everywhere
  2. 2AI in Healthcare
  3. 3AI in Transportation
  4. 4AI in Money and Banking
  5. 5AI in Entertainment and Media
  6. 6AI in Science and Discovery
  7. 7AI in Government and Cities
  8. 8AI in Education
  9. 9Map AI in Society
  10. 10Module Check: AI Across Society

AI and the Future of Work

AI is reshaping work. Students examine automation, the jobs AI changes and creates, the skills that matter, and fair transitions for workers.

  1. 1How Work Changes
  2. 2What Automation Does
  3. 3Jobs AI Changes
  4. 4Jobs AI Creates
  5. 5Working Alongside AI
  6. 6Skills for an AI World
  7. 7Adapting and Reskilling
  8. 8Fair Transitions
  9. 9Design Your Future Career
  10. 10Module Check: The Future of Work
  11. 11Lab: Future Of Work

AI, Media, and Information

AI quietly shapes what people see and believe. Students study recommendation systems, the attention economy, filter bubbles, and informed citizenship.

  1. 1How AI Shapes What You See
  2. 2Recommendation Systems
  3. 3The Attention Economy
  4. 4Filter Bubbles and Echo Chambers
  5. 5AI and the News
  6. 6Personalization: Helpful and Risky
  7. 7Taking Control of Your Feed
  8. 8Being an Informed Citizen
  9. 9Audit Your Feed
  10. 10Module Check: Media and Information

AI, Power, and Access

AI concentrates power and unevenly distributes access. Students explore who builds AI, the digital divide, global differences, and AI governance.

  1. 1Who Builds AI?
  2. 2The Cost of Building AI
  3. 3The Digital Divide
  4. 4AI Around the World
  5. 5Who Benefits from AI?
  6. 6Rules and Governance of AI
  7. 7AI and Big Decisions in Society
  8. 8Making AI Access Fairer
  9. 9AI Access Proposal
  10. 10Module Check: Power and Access

Your Place in an AI World

Students find their own place in an AI world — building AI literacy, exploring careers, and learning to shape AI as thoughtful, active citizens.

  1. 1You Have Agency
  2. 2Becoming an AI-Literate Person
  3. 3Careers With and Around AI
  4. 4Lifelong Learning
  5. 5Using AI for Things You Care About
  6. 6Being a Thoughtful AI Citizen
  7. 7Speaking Up and Shaping AI
  8. 8Balancing AI and Human Life
  9. 9My AI-World Action Plan
  10. 10Module Check: Your Place in an AI World

Capstone Project: Future-of-Work Report

Research how AI is changing a job you care about.

  1. 1Project: Future-of-Work Report

High School

AI and the Economy

AI is reshaping the economy. Students study productivity, automation, labor markets, inequality, new industries, and policy responses.

  1. 1AI as an Economic Force
  2. 2Productivity and Growth
  3. 3Automation and the Labor Market
  4. 4Job Displacement and Job Creation
  5. 5Inequality and the Distribution of Gains
  6. 6New Industries and Business Models
  7. 7Skills, Wages, and the Future Workforce
  8. 8Policy Responses
  9. 9Analyze an Economic Scenario
  10. 10Module Check: AI and the Economy

AI, Democracy, and Power

AI reshapes democracy and the balance of power. Students examine information ecosystems, surveillance, elections, power concentration, and civic resilience.

  1. 1AI and the Information Ecosystem
  2. 2Recommendation, Virality, and Attention
  3. 3Misinformation, Disinformation, and Deepfakes
  4. 4Surveillance and Privacy at Scale
  5. 5AI in Elections and Civic Life
  6. 6Concentration of Power
  7. 7AI, Law, and Rights
  8. 8Defending Democratic Society
  9. 9Civic Impact Analysis
  10. 10Module Check: Democracy and Power
  11. 11Lab: Policy Balance

AI and Global Society

AI is a global phenomenon. Students study AI geopolitics, economic development, the global divide, the data supply chain, AI for global challenges, cultural diversity, and international cooperation.

  1. 1AI Is a Global Phenomenon
  2. 2The Geopolitics of AI
  3. 3AI and Economic Development
  4. 4The Global AI Divide
  5. 5Data, Labor, and the Global Supply Chain
  6. 6AI for Global Challenges
  7. 7Cultural Diversity and AI
  8. 8International Cooperation and Competition
  9. 9Global AI Case Study
  10. 10Module Check: AI and Global Society

AI and the Human Experience

AI touches the most human parts of life. Students examine relationships, creativity, authenticity, attention, identity, meaning, and wellbeing.

  1. 1AI and How We Relate
  2. 2AI Companions and Relationships
  3. 3AI and Creativity
  4. 4Authenticity and Authorship
  5. 5AI, Attention, and the Mind
  6. 6Identity in an AI World
  7. 7Meaning, Work, and Purpose
  8. 8Wellbeing and Healthy AI Use
  9. 9Personal Reflection Project
  10. 10Module Check: AI and the Human Experience

Shaping the AI Future

The AI future is not predetermined — students help shape it. They explore scenarios, careers, responsible building, civic action, and their own path forward.

  1. 1The Future Is Not Predetermined
  2. 2Scenarios for the Decades Ahead
  3. 3Careers in and Around AI
  4. 4Building AI Responsibly
  5. 5Civic Action and AI
  6. 6Lifelong Learning and Adaptability
  7. 7Ethical Leadership in an AI World
  8. 8Your Path Forward
  9. 9Your AI-Future Manifesto
  10. 10Module Check: Shaping the AI Future

Capstone Project: Draft an AI Policy Proposal

Write a balanced policy proposal on a real AI issue.

  1. 1Project: Draft an AI Policy Proposal