Critical Literacy
This is what we call it when an AI confidently invents a fake fact or citation
What is hallucination?
Teenagers need more of this than adults, and their body clock naturally shifts it later.
What is sleep?
AI doesn't truly understand meaning — instead it finds these in data.
What are patterns?
This brain chemical, released by rewards — and by likes, notifications, and wins — is central to how addictive habits form.
What is dopamine?
The Microsoft cloud folder students were taught to save work in so they can reach it from any device.
What is OneDrive?
This "first step" in an "AI Audit" is to check for whether these actually exist
What are sources/citations?
Passive scrolling tends to be worse for self-worth than this more active way of using social media.
What is posting / active use?
The "fancy autocomplete" idea: a language model works by predicting this.
What is the next word?
Social media feeds rely on this "unpredictable" reward...
What is a variable / intermittent reward?
When it comes to friendships, research says this matters more than the sheer number of friends you have.
What is quality (over quantity)?
The 3 Cs for using AI
What are Check, Change and Credit?
This type of motivation is more long lasting and helps produce better results...
What is intrinsic motivation?
This 2017 architecture, named after a Beatles song ("Attention Is All You Need"), powers modern chatbots.
What is the Transformer?
The feed feature that loads more content the moment you reach the bottom, designed so there's no natural stopping point.
What is infinite scroll?
Psychology's term for the discomfort of not knowing what's coming — fed by the pressure to "have it all figured out" at 16.
What is intolerance of uncertainty? (accept a description of this)
What is bias?
This neurochemical actually is fired when you are WAITING for something good to happen
What is dopamine?
This first chatbot had a female name and could trick people into thinking they were talking to a person.
What is/Who is Eliza?
Unlike a substance, this kind of addiction involves no drug at all — gaming, gambling, and phone use are examples.
What is behavioural addiction?
This AI researcher predicted General Intelligence would happen in the 1960s
Who is Marvin Minsky?
This single best defense against being misled by AI errors
What is background knowledge?
This is the term for being different in your brain; it used to be considered a medical problem.
What is neurodivergence?
These chips, originally built for video games, turned out to be ideal for training neural networks in parallel.
What are GPUs?
This drug type is mostly not addictive but can be dangerous because it distorts reality
What are hallucinogens?
Complete DeepMind's slogan: "Solve intelligence, then use that to solve ___.
What is "everything else"?