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Being Kind Online With AI
Never share personal info. Be polite to humans and AI.
Explorers · Explorers · ~9 min read
Your AI helper is new. It doesn’t have feelings like a person. But how you use it affects real people. Here are the rules.
What never to share
- Your last name.
- Your address.
- Your phone number.
- Your school’s name.
- Your password (for anything — ever).
- Other people’s private information.
Be nice anyway
Even though the AI isn’t a person, practicing politeness with it keeps you polite with humans. “Please” and “thank you” cost nothing.
Don’t use AI to be mean
Making a fake picture of another kid, writing a cruel message to someone, or pretending to be someone else — the AI might help, but doing those things can really hurt a real person. Those things are bullying, even if an AI did the typing.
If something feels weird, stop
If the AI says something that scares or confuses you, close the chat and tell a grown-up. You never have to keep going.
You earned your first badge
Completing the Explorer path means you know what AI is, how it learns, how to ask it things, and how to use it well. That’s more than most grown-ups know. Onward.
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