Educator Guide: AI Influence and Organism Observations

April 20, 2024

About this guide

Use two articles from the April 20 issue of Science News to have students think critically about methods of training AI that can teach them how to influence human behavior and have students conduct observations of an animal and reflect on what they can learn about animal behavior.

This Guide Includes:

Exercise type:Comprehension
Topic:Artificial Intelligence

Overcooked & Outplayed

In this study, humans and AI worked together to score the win. But it’s the human partners that got played. Learn how some methods for training AI can also teach AI to influence human behavior, then answer questions about the potential implications of a future world in which AI sways human behavior.

Exercise type:Activity
Topic:Life

Organism Observations

Students will observe animal behavior via live camera feed and reflect on their observations. Then they will learn about how animal behaviorists use camera traps and field observations to infer meaning from animal behaviors.