Day 29: Week 4 review — LearnAI

Today's idea

Which topic from these seven days felt most useful to you? (tap to see)

It can be different for each person — for some, spotting scams matters most; for others, making their own rule for using AI. Over these seven days we touched on a lot, from staying safe to getting ready for the future.

Safety, judgement and habit — put together, they make a well-prepared user

Over the last seven days we learned some important ways to use AI safely and to be ready for the future. Let's go over them once more.

First, we learned how scammers use AI to trap people with new tricks, and how to spot them and protect yourself. Then we learned what a deepfake is — how a photo, video or voice can be faked to look real, and how to stay doubtful. After that, we learned how to keep your family, friends and the people close to you aware of these risks. Then we saw how AI can help at work and make the day's tasks lighter.

Then we looked ahead. We learned that however far AI spreads, skills like asking good questions, judgement, checking facts and understanding people will always stay in human hands. We saw that on fairness, personal and emotional matters and big-responsibility decisions, it isn't right to trust AI completely. And last, we learned that when to use it, when not to, and how to check — put together, these make your own rule for using AI.

With all seven of these together, you don't just know how to use AI — you know how to use it safely, sensibly and with the future in mind.

Try it yourself Time: 3 minutes

Today we'll try out a few of this week's skills together.

1.Open the Gemini or ChatGPT app.
2.Think of a real situation from your own life where there could be a risk of a scam, or where you have to make a work decision.
3.Ask it like this, putting this week's lessons to work together:

Delete the part inside the square brackets [ ] and put in your own details.

I've been given a message, call or offer that makes me suspicious. [Describe the situation]. Please help me work out whether it's a scam, and tell me which warning signs I should look for.
4.Read the answer, then ask yourself — will I decide based only on what the AI says, or will I check it against another source too?

Do it together Time: 5 minutes

With anyone — a child, a parent, a friend or a colleague.

Ask the person you're doing this with which topic from this week felt most important to them — spotting scams, deepfakes, AI at work or future skills. Then, together, try the question above once more, using a different situation.

We did this together

Today's key point

Staying safe, using AI sensibly and building your own rule — together, these let you get along well with AI for the long run.

Check yourself

Two quick questions from today's lesson.

1. Which topics did we learn about this week?

Correct answer: Spotting scams and deepfakes, keeping others aware, AI at work, future skills, ethics and your own habit — this week we touched on many important topics, from staying safe to getting ready for the future.

2. What helps most in the long run when using AI?

Correct answer: Turning "when I'll use it, when I won't and how I'll check" into a habit — once a rule becomes a habit, it keeps working for you for a long time.