Artificial intelligence (AI) is now an integral part of our everyday lives. Young people in particular already use AI - whether it's AI chatbots for communication, AI search engines for school and everyday things, or AI avatars for social media or games. However, AI not only offers opportunities, but also risks: deepfakes, disinformation, idealised beauty standards by AI influencers, and the feared loss of creativity or jobs.

AI has the potential to profoundly change our world. This poses important questions for society and young people: to what extent do we humans want and are we allowed to allow technology to control us? What ethical questions arise here? How are developments in the field of AI already being regulated today? All these aspects are addressed in this new teaching material from klicksafe in cooperation with the Freiwillige Selbstkontrolle Multimedia-Diensteanbieter (FSM). They are part of the German Safer Internet Centre.

With the new teaching materials, teachers and educators can make an important contribution and equip young people with the necessary skills for a future with AI.

What does the new teaching material offer?

First, the basics of AI are explained in an introductory chapter. What types of AI are there? How has AI developed? What are the best-known applications? And how is AI already regulated today?

The next chapter looks at how AI is shaping our lives today and in the future. Topics such as filters and algorithms play a role here. But also how AI affects our interpersonal relationships, our creativity, our safety and much more.

The third chapter deals specifically with the teaching of AI skills as an interdisciplinary, cross-cutting task in schools. The material offers suggestions for teaching AI skills at different levels and explains how assessment and feedback of student performance is possible despite AI. Of course, it also looks at how teachers can use AI in a meaningful way, for example through chatbots in the classroom. Finally, practical AI tools for the classroom are presented.

The six projects on topics such as "The 10 commandments of AI ethics", "Virtual stars - when influencers are not human" and "AI as learning buddies" form the "heart" of the teaching material. 

The use of the teaching material is recommended from the seventh grade (12 years).

As additional material, there are also three expert interviews that deal with individual aspects of artificial intelligence in more depth.