This tool has been designed to help you reflect on and critically assess media representations of AI-integrated tools (Tiktok, Netflix, Grammarly, etc.), collectively referred to as AI Media (AIM). This tool will help you to reflect on pop culture and media representations of AI and whether those representations are realistic. Then,
The purpose of this assessment is to help you answer three different questions:
1) Is this a realistic depiction of AI?
2) Is this a critical depiction of AI?
3) Does this AIM provide opportunities to develop Critical AI Literacy?
At the end, you will have a score that can help guide you in your interactions with AI.
What is the AI Media called?
What kind of media is the AI?
Does the AIM look like a human?
Is the AI autonomous (meaning can act freely or has free will)?
Does this AI resemble any current AI technologies (that you know of)?
Is this AI a disembodied voice (or voice from an app, phone, or computer)?
Can the AIM feel emotions?
Can the AI develop or sustain emotional bonds with others?
Does the AI attempt to subvert human objectives?
What are the primary roles or tasks of the AI in the media?
Is the AI on a phone or computer?
Is the AI integrated into the human body, like a brain chip or body part?
Does the AI in the AIM engage in or battle other AI?
Does the AI transport humans to another world (digital or physical)?
Does the AI have superpowers or provide superpowers to someone or something?