Generative AI and Ethics

Sample questions

Real questions from this chapter, as the app sets them. Tap Answer to see the answer and working.

Section A · multiple choice

1. 1.

   Generative AI is AI that:

   1. only stores files
   2. only checks spelling
   3. only sorts data into groups
   4. creates new content such as text, images or music

   Answer

   (d) creates new content such as text, images or music

2. 2.

   Is turning a rough sketch into a coloured image mainly a task for generative AI or conventional AI?

   1. manual data entry
   2. rule-based automation
   3. generative AI
   4. conventional AI

   Answer

   (c) generative AI

3. 3.

   A tool that makes a summary of a long article is an example of:

   1. audio generation
   2. image generation
   3. text generation
   4. code generation

   Answer

   (c) text generation

Section B · short answer

1. 4.

   What is generative AI? Give two examples of what it can create.

   Answer

   AI that creates new content; e.g. text such as stories, and images from descriptions.

2. 5.

   Is each task for generative or conventional AI? (a) predicting tomorrow’s temperature (b) recommending a book from past reading

   Answer

   (a) conventional; (b) conventional

   generative AI creates new content; conventional AI classifies or predicts

Section C · long answer

1. 6.

   Explain how generative AI works in simple terms, and why it can make mistakes.

   Answer

   It learns patterns from huge amounts of examples and produces new content that fits those patterns; it predicts what looks likely, not what is checked to be true, so it can be wrong.

Fresh sheets for your child

In the app, every Generative AI and Ethics sheet is new: the app remembers the questions your child has already had and leaves them out. Print the sheet as a PDF, or use notebook mode and write the answers in a notebook.

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