Stay Yourself: Don't Let AI Smooth Out Your Edges

End-of-lesson check

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1. Why does AI make everyone's writing look similar?

   1. AI only knows one language
   2. AI learns from millions of things and creates something average and polished
   3. AI copies from one famous writer
   4. AI is programmed to be boring

2. What is 'authenticity'?

   1. Being exactly the same as everyone else
   2. Being real and true to who you actually are
   3. Following all the latest trends
   4. Letting AI speak for you

3. A student uses AI to write their whole school introduction speech. What is the problem with this?

   1. The speech will be too long
   2. The speech will sound like an average person instead of them — their classmates won't really meet them
   3. AI speeches are illegal at school
   4. The speech might have spelling errors

4. Which of these is something AI cannot create?

   1. A drawing
   2. A poem
   3. Your specific memory of the best day you ever had
   4. A story

5. Why is a 'weird' interest you have more valuable than an AI-generated one?

   1. It isn't — AI interests are better
   2. AI doesn't have interests — it reflects patterns, not genuine curiosity or passion
   3. Weird interests are always more popular
   4. AI can only generate boring interests

6. What does 'AI averages' mean?

   1. AI always gets a C grade
   2. AI mixes together millions of examples to create something in the middle — not surprising, not unique to one person
   3. AI only creates things that are average length
   4. AI uses average-sized fonts

7. A student's drawing looks exactly like AI art. Why might this be a problem?

   1. It is always a problem to draw
   2. People may think the student didn't create it, and the student may have lost their own drawing style by copying AI too closely
   3. AI art is always ugly
   4. Drawings should never be shared

8. What is the best way to use AI while keeping your own ideas?

   1. Let AI do everything so you can relax
   2. Start with your own ideas first, then use AI as a helper to expand, edit, or get unstuck
   3. Only use AI for math homework
   4. Never use AI at all

9. Why do your jokes tend to be funnier than AI's jokes?

   1. AI doesn't know English
   2. Your jokes reference real things about you and your friends — AI jokes are safe and generic because AI doesn't know your specific life
   3. AI isn't allowed to make jokes
   4. AI always makes spelling mistakes in jokes

10. What does 'individuality' mean?

    1. Being completely alone
    2. The unique combination of qualities, opinions, and experiences that make you different from everyone else
    3. Having individual homework
    4. Using AI by yourself

11. If everyone uses AI to write their stories, what might happen over time?

    1. Stories will get better and more diverse
    2. All stories will start to sound similar and the surprising variety that comes from different human voices will disappear
    3. AI will get bored and stop working
    4. Writers will become more creative

12. A friend says 'just let AI write your story — it will be better than yours.' What is the best response?

    1. Agree and let AI write everything
    2. 'AI writes average stories — mine might be messier but it will actually sound like me'
    3. Stop writing stories entirely
    4. Ask AI what it thinks of your friend

13. Which of these activities would MOST benefit from doing it yourself rather than using AI?

    1. Calculating a math problem you already know how to do
    2. Writing a letter to your best friend about why they matter to you
    3. Looking up a fact about penguins
    4. Translating a word to Spanish

14. What is 'weird is good' talking about?

    1. It is always good to be strange and confusing
    2. The unusual, specific, surprising things about you are what make you interesting — being average is forgettable
    3. Weird people are smarter than normal people
    4. You should try to confuse your teachers

15. When is it okay to use AI to help with creative work?

    1. Never — AI ruins all creativity
    2. When you use AI as a helper for your own ideas rather than a replacement for your own thinking and voice
    3. Only when your teacher tells you to
    4. Always — AI is always better at creative work