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9th, 10th, 11th, 12th
Convincing AI Socrates to escape prison
Based off of 'Crito' (book by Plato), let students play the role of Crito and try to convince AI Socrates to escape prison.
Teaching goals
Reading texts is essential to learning philosophy, but it can be challenging for students to connect and interact with literature that is centuries old.
While discussions and written reflections can help students develop a deeper understanding of a text, teachers have used Flint to bring readings to life in a way that is much more engaging for students.
With Flint, the AI can play the role of a character from any text, which can give students an entirely new way of engaging.
In this example, as you can see below, the learning objective the teacher entered centers around Crito, the book by Plato. In this case, the teacher hasn’t uploaded any supporting materials for the AI to pull from. That’s okay, because Flint already has an expansive knowledge base that covers well-known texts.
Learning objective:
Students should understand why Socrates refused to escape from prison in 'Crito' (the book by Plato).
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Extra customization
As the next step of designing this AI tutor, Flint provided the teacher with three options to choose from. These ideas are generated automatically by the AI, based on the learning objective that the teacher provided.
Once the teacher selects a “tutor type”, Flint automatically generates the underlying prompts that the AI will follow as it plays the role of Socrates. As you can see, AI Socrates will ensure that he clearly communicates why he refused to escape from prison.
To give the conversation a sense of urgency (after all, the student will be trying to convince Socrates to escape from prison), we can set a time limit for the conversation.
Student experience
Throughout the conversation with the AI, students will play the role of Crito as they convince AI Socrates to escape from prison.
To better integrate this activity as part of the lesson plan, the teacher can have the student print out their session (or download it as a PDF) to bring into class as the basis for a class-wide discussion.
As a result, AI can be used to help students engage with the text on a deeper level as they develop their own perspective on why Socrates refused to escape from prison. Then, students can share their perspectives with the class and engage in a richer discussion than would be otherwise possible.
Extra customization
As the next step of designing this AI tutor, Flint provided the teacher with three options to choose from. These ideas are generated automatically by the AI, based on the learning objective that the teacher provided.
Once the teacher selects a “tutor type”, Flint automatically generates the underlying prompts that the AI will follow as it plays the role of Socrates. As you can see, AI Socrates will ensure that he clearly communicates why he refused to escape from prison.
To give the conversation a sense of urgency (after all, the student will be trying to convince Socrates to escape from prison), we can set a time limit for the conversation.
Ethics
|
9th, 10th, 11th, 12th
Convincing AI Socrates to escape prison
Teaching goals
Reading texts is essential to learning philosophy, but it can be challenging for students to connect and interact with literature that is centuries old.
While discussions and written reflections can help students develop a deeper understanding of a text, teachers have used Flint to bring readings to life in a way that is much more engaging for students.
With Flint, the AI can play the role of a character from any text, which can give students an entirely new way of engaging.
In this example, as you can see below, the learning objective the teacher entered centers around Crito, the book by Plato. In this case, the teacher hasn’t uploaded any supporting materials for the AI to pull from. That’s okay, because Flint already has an expansive knowledge base that covers well-known texts.
Learning objective:
Students should understand why Socrates refused to escape from prison in 'Crito' (the book by Plato).
Extra customization
As the next step of designing this AI tutor, Flint provided the teacher with three options to choose from. These ideas are generated automatically by the AI, based on the learning objective that the teacher provided.
Once the teacher selects a “tutor type”, Flint automatically generates the underlying prompts that the AI will follow as it plays the role of Socrates. As you can see, AI Socrates will ensure that he clearly communicates why he refused to escape from prison.
To give the conversation a sense of urgency (after all, the student will be trying to convince Socrates to escape from prison), we can set a time limit for the conversation.
Student experience
Throughout the conversation with the AI, students will play the role of Crito as they convince AI Socrates to escape from prison.
To better integrate this activity as part of the lesson plan, the teacher can have the student print out their session (or download it as a PDF) to bring into class as the basis for a class-wide discussion.
As a result, AI can be used to help students engage with the text on a deeper level as they develop their own perspective on why Socrates refused to escape from prison. Then, students can share their perspectives with the class and engage in a richer discussion than would be otherwise possible.
“With the AI chat history, I can see what the kids are thinking through their writing. The kids also thoroughly enjoyed the Flint assignment. At back-to-school night last week, I had several parents mention that their kids went home and talked about the ‘cool assignment’. It's not often kids openly share with their parents about their classroom experiences, so that was great to hear.”
Zach Richards
Ethics teacher at Episcopal
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Start a trial to get free access to Flint for any number of teachers and administrators at your school.
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