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Unit 3 AI in the World

How AI watches us, changes jobs, and reshapes what's worth learning. You'll audit a platform, X-ray a real job, and finish by writing an AI-use guide for a real client and defending it.

🕐 ~4.5 weeks🅰️ 5 Activities🅿️ 2 Projects🅱️ 1 Problem📅 22 class periods
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The Path Through Unit 3

A local print shop owner just paid for an AI tool a salesperson swore would "run the front office." Now she wants to know what it should and shouldn't touch. Read the full case →
AActivity3 days total
3-1-1Your Feed, Your Profile — How Recommenders Learn You
2 days→
3-1-2Data Footprint Audit — What Your Apps Collect
1 day→
PProject🕐 3 class days

3-1-3  Feed Audit & Letter

Audit a platform you actually use: what it collects, what it infers, and what it pushes at you. Then write a letter with one concrete ask, and send it.

Turn in: Audit findings + a letter to the platform, sentOpen →
AActivity4 days total
3-2-1Substitute or Complement? — Sorting Real Tasks
2 days→
3-2-2Talent Stack — Reading the Skills Data, Auditing Yours
1 day→
3-2-3Task X-Ray Prep — Building an Interview Guide
1 day→
PProject🕐 3 class days

3-2-4  Task X-Ray Report

Interview someone about their job. Break it into tasks, score each one for how AI changes it, and compare your findings against published data. Finish with a one-page career brief.

Turn in: One-page career brief with scored task breakdownOpen →
BProblem🕐 8 class days

3-3-1  AI Guidance for a Real Client

Your team gets a real client, such as a school office, a club, or a local business. Figure out what they should automate, what must stay human, how to check the work, and how to fail safely. Then write the guide and defend it.

Turn in: AI-use guide + AI-use log, failure-point analysis, peer test, and presentationOpen →
✓ Course check🕐 1 class day

Course Check — No-Device Final

Audit a vendor's AI pitch, then defend your reasoning out loud. No screens, just what you can explain.

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