AI for Schools: Articles for classroom discussion
Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.
The FT offers free access to its content online for secondary/high schools, teachers and students aged 16-19. Here are some recent articles on AI selected by teachers with additional questions and items for classroom discussion.
Geography
Fresh water: AI boom sparks concern over Big Tech’s water consumption
Global risks and resilience: North Korean hackers use AI for more sophisticated scams
Economics
Externalities: The environmental cost of AI
Macroeconomics: AI could kill off most call centres, says Tata Consultancy Services head
Philosophy
Reasoning: It’s not only AI that hallucinates
Reasoning: OpenAI and Meta ready new AI models capable of ‘reasoning’
Epistemology and philosophy of mind: Generative AI
Epistemology and moral philosophy: We need to act on online disinformation now
Epistemology: What to do about disinformation
Psychology
Psychopathology: AI-designed drug to enter human clinical trial for first time
Cognition and development: AI forces a rethink on executive MBA teaching
Forensic psychology: Shoplifting, self-checkout and the limits of AI
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