AI and Time Capsules: Letters to Future You

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1. What is a time capsule?

   1. A video game about history
   2. A type of robot that remembers things
   3. A special box that travels through time
   4. A message you save to open at a later date

2. What is one way AI can help you make a time capsule letter?

   1. AI can force you to open the letter early
   2. AI can travel through time to deliver the letter
   3. AI can suggest what questions to ask your future self
   4. AI can read your mind without you typing anything

3. If you want to write a letter to yourself in 5 years, what should your AI prompt mention?

   1. A request to delete your social media accounts
   2. A demand that AI promise to remember for you
   3. The time frame (5 years) and things you want to ask about
   4. Your favorite video game characters from 20 years ago

4. After you and AI finish writing your letter, what should you do with it?

   1. Throw it away because you're done
   2. Give it to AI to keep forever
   3. Put it somewhere safe and mark when to open it
   4. Post it online for everyone to see

5. Why might future you enjoy hearing about what you love right now?

   1. Future you will probably hate those memories
   2. It helps future you remember happy memories from childhood
   3. Your loves will definitely stay exactly the same
   4. AI will be angry if you don't talk about hobbies

6. Which of these would be the best prompt to give AI for a time capsule letter?

   1. Write a story about a dragon
   2. Tell me how to build a robot
   3. Help me write a letter to myself in 5 years, include whether I still love soccer
   4. Help me write a grocery list for next week

7. What might happen if you write a letter to yourself in 10 years instead of 1 year?

   1. You might change a lot, so the letter will feel like hearing from a stranger
   2. You would forget to write it
   3. AI would delete it automatically
   4. Nothing different would happen

8. Why might someone choose to write to themselves in just 1 year instead of 10 years?

   1. AI doesn't work for longer time periods
   2. They want to see how much they've changed in a short time
   3. They are afraid of the future
   4. 1 year is too fast for a time capsule

9. What kind of questions could you ask your future self in your letter?

   1. Who won the presidential election?
   2. Did you become a famous movie star?
   3. What is the stock market doing?
   4. Are you still loving the same hobbies?

10. What does it mean to 'seal' a time capsule letter?

    1. To close it so no one opens it before the right time
    2. To send it through the mail
    3. To make it look pretty with stickers
    4. To write your name on it

11. Why is it a good idea to mark your envelope with the open date?

    1. So it looks more colorful
    2. So you know exactly when you're supposed to open it
    3. So AI can remind you automatically
    4. So your friends can open it first

12. What information about yourself would be most interesting to tell future you?

    1. What you had for breakfast yesterday
    2. Your teacher's phone number
    3. A list of all your homework assignments
    4. Your favorite things right now, like foods, shows, and friends

13. If you don't save your letter somewhere safe, what might happen?

    1. AI will send it to your email
    2. It will still arrive in the future automatically
    3. You might lose it and never be able to read it later
    4. Your parents will read it anyway

14. What makes writing to yourself with AI different from writing entirely by yourself?

    1. AI will make your handwriting better
    2. AI can help brainstorm ideas and questions you might not think of
    3. AI sends the letter for you
    4. AI writes the whole letter and you just sign it

15. Why is it fun to ask AI to include things like 'are you still loving soccer?' in your letter?

    1. It proves AI is smart
    2. It makes AI work harder
    3. It guarantees you'll still like soccer
    4. It lets you discover if your interests have changed over time