AI and Talking About Big Feelings (Why People Are Better)

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1. Why is talking to a parent or calling a friend usually better than chatting with an AI when you feel very sad?

   1. AI responds faster than most people you know
   2. Humans can actually feel with you and remember you over time
   3. Parents are always online when you need them
   4. Chatbots can fix your problems faster than people can

2. What is the main difference between how a parent comforts you and how an AI chatbot does?

   1. A parent actually cares and feels something, while AI only types words that look caring
   2. Chatbots give better advice than parents
   3. AI can read your facial expressions but parents cannot
   4. Parents are always better at typing than AI

3. If you had a really hard day and want to feel better, what is a good first move?

   1. Open three different AI apps to compare their answers
   2. Watch videos about other people's problems
   3. Hug a parent, call a friend, or sit with a pet before opening an app
   4. Write down your feelings and send them to a website

4. Why might a pet on your lap be better than a chatbot when you are having a hard day?

   1. Pets can solve your problems by licking your face
   2. Dogs cannot understand human emotions
   3. Pets give real warmth and presence without needing words, while AI only types text
   4. Chatbots are too expensive to use every day

5. Making a 'people-first' list means writing down:

   1. Your friends ranked from best to worst
   2. Which apps you like best
   3. All your friends' names for practice
   4. The real humans and pets you can turn to before opening an AI app

6. When an AI chatbot says 'I am so sorry you are going through this,' what is actually happening?

   1. The AI is secretly a human pretending to be a robot
   2. The AI will remember this forever
   3. The AI has become your best friend
   4. The AI is generating words that look like sympathy — it does not actually feel anything

7. What makes real connection different from talking to AI?

   1. Real connection costs money
   2. Real connection requires you to type faster
   3. Real connection only happens online
   4. Real connection involves actual feelings between people who know and care about each other

8. What happens when you talk to the same AI chatbot on two different days?

   1. The AI does not remember you from the previous day
   2. The AI becomes your best friend
   3. The AI starts to feel real emotions for you
   4. The AI tells your secrets to other people

9. The big idea about AI and big feelings is:

   1. You should never talk to your family
   2. AI can write caring words but does not actually feel anything — humans who love you do
   3. AI is always better than people for homework
   4. Robots make the best friends

10. Which is an example of a BIG feeling where a real person is a better choice than AI?

    1. Wondering what the capital of France is
    2. Wanting help brainstorming a story idea
    3. Feeling very lonely and wishing someone cared
    4. Trying to remember a math formula

11. What does 'pattern-matching' mean when describing how AI talks?

    1. The AI matches the colors of your screen
    2. The AI finds the most likely next word based on patterns in text it learned from
    3. The AI copies your exact words back to you
    4. The AI connects you with a real person

12. What is one thing a real person can do for you that AI absolutely cannot?

    1. Tell you a joke
    2. Answer a trivia question
    3. Give you a hug when you are scared
    4. Write a poem

13. If a friend says 'I just talk to an AI when I am sad because it is always available,' you might say:

    1. That sounds perfect — AI is always better
    2. You should delete all your apps
    3. AI can listen, but it does not actually feel — a real person who cares is worth waiting for
    4. You are doing something wrong by feeling sad

14. Empathy means:

    1. Typing the right words to sound caring
    2. Having a large vocabulary
    3. Actually feeling what someone else is feeling
    4. Being polite in online conversations

15. Can AI be useful at all when you have feelings you want to sort through?

    1. No — AI should never be used for anything emotional
    2. Yes — it can help you put words to what you are feeling or brainstorm who to talk to, as long as you also reach out to real people
    3. Yes — AI is better than any human for emotional support
    4. No — talking to AI about feelings is always dangerous