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📮 Homework · Do AI workers actually think AI could kill us all?

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§1

Myth vs Reality: does 'the AI industry' actually agree we're all doomed?

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Bring in one AI headline

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Please suggest three real UK news headlines from this week about AI that are pitched at either 'alarming' or 'reassuring'. Do not tell me which is which — I want to work it out from what the underlying article actually says.
Find one AI headline from any UK news source this week and bring it in. Write two sentences: one saying whether the headline is a Myth or a Reality by the standard we used today, and one saying what evidence the article did or did not give for insider agreement.
AI useOptional. If you use an AI you can ask it to find recent UK AI headlines. Any of Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini is fine.
If no AI or internetYou can use a physical newspaper or a school-provided printout.
Bring backOne printed or handwritten headline plus two sentences.
Stay safeNever share your name, school or address with the AI. If the headline covers something you find worrying, talk to a trusted adult.
§2

Reading between the lines: the 'Lol / Haaaaaa' paragraph

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One more implicit assumption

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Please read the BBC News article at https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm5y7qj54klpo and list three implicit assumptions the article makes without stating them outright — not from the 'Lol / Haaaaaa' paragraph, from elsewhere in the piece. Do not give the reasons.
Read the full BBC article at home (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm5y7qj54klpo). Find one more implicit assumption the article makes elsewhere in the piece — outside the 'Lol / Haaaaaa' paragraph. Write one sentence naming the assumption and one sentence saying how the article sets it up.
AI useOptional. If you use an AI you can ask it to list common implicit assumptions in news reporting about AI. Any of Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini is fine.
If no AI or internetYou can complete this with the printed article and a pen.
Bring backTwo sentences, handwritten or typed.
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§3

Debate: should AI safety evaluators be legally independent from the labs?

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The argument the class missed

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Please summarise the BBC News article at https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm5y7qj54klpo in three sentences, then name one argument on either side of the motion 'AI safety evaluators must be chosen by an independent government body, not by the AI company' that is only implied and not stated outright.
Read the full BBC article at home (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm5y7qj54klpo). Find one argument, on either side of the motion, that did not come up in the class debate. Write two sentences: one naming the argument, one saying whether it would have changed your vote.
AI useOptional. If you use an AI you can ask it to summarise the article or suggest arguments the class might have missed. Any of Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini is fine.
If no AI or internetYou can complete this with the printed article and a pen.
Bring backTwo sentences, handwritten or typed.
Stay safeNever share your name, school or address with the AI.