Truth, Tricks, and AI: Learning to Verify Information
Students learn how to recognize misinformation in AI content and use fact-checking strategies (lateral reading) to verify what’s true.
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Approximate Total Time: 50 minutes to 1 hour
Summary:
This lesson helps students identify misinformation in AI-generated content and practice strategies for verifying information. Students examine AI hallucinations, deepfakes, and biased outputs, then apply lateral reading and the Rule of Three to check claims. The lesson reinforces that AI can sound confident even when it is not, and that humans must take responsibility for evaluating what is true.