Find ways to consider how Artificial Intelligence is influencing *thinking and decision making* in each of the following four age groups: Young children (0-10), older children / teens (11-20), young / emerging adults (21-35), middle aged adults (35-55)
Answer the following questions (2 pages per question; 6 pages total). Make sure to discuss each of the four age groups for each question.
Provide at least 3 (different) examples of how AI has affected each group’s ability to develop it’s own critical thinking / decision-making strategies. Make sure these examples are age appropriate (e.g., a child 10 or under is less likely to be influenced by cell phones as 11-20 year olds). In order to do this, you must really think about what different ways people of each age group interact with technology (and why they interact with technology).
Weigh the pros and cons for each group using AI in the ways you identified in question 1. Clearly state and support presumed benefits and detriments to adopting AI as opposed to thinking / making decisions on their own.
Predict how the use of AI will affect each cohort in the future. Speculate ~5 years ahead (around the year 2030) and then ~25 years ahead (around the year 2050). Include discussion on how you think future cohorts in each age group will change over time as the technology changes (e.g., how different will 10 year olds be in 10 years than they are now due to the effects of AI usage in their first 10 years of life?). Include any final thoughts on how you think about AI differently now after this project.
