Kind, Honest, and Safe

What You Will Learn

• Why kindness, honesty, and safety matter when using AI
• How AI can be used to help or to hurt people
• Simple habits for using AI responsibly in daily life

AI as a Powerful Tool

AI can write text, draw images, mimic voices, and make things look real even when they are not.
That makes it powerful and also dangerous if used in the wrong way.

Just like a sharp tool can be used to build or to destroy, AI can be used:

• To support learning and creativity
• Or to cheat, bully, and mislead

Technology does not decide; people do.

Being Kind with AI

Kindness with AI means thinking about how your actions affect others.

It is unkind to use AI to:

• Create fake images or videos that embarrass someone
• Generate cruel messages to send to a person
• Copy someone’s work and pretend it is your own

It is kind to use AI to:

• Help explain difficult topics to a friend
• Create fun and harmless art that everyone enjoys
• Translate or rewrite text so more people can understand it

Before using AI in a certain way, you can ask:

• Would I be okay if someone did this to me?
• Would I show this to a trusted adult without feeling ashamed?

If the answer is no, that is a sign to stop.

Being Honest with AI

AI can sometimes make schoolwork faster or easier.
This can be helpful, but also risky.

It is dishonest to:

• Paste an AI‑written answer into an assignment and say it is your own work
• Use AI during a test when it is not allowed
• Hide from teachers or parents how much AI was used

It is more honest to:

• Use AI to get ideas, then write in your own words
• Ask AI to explain something, then solve problems yourself
• Tell your teacher if you used AI and how you used it, if that is allowed

Honesty helps you actually learn.
If AI does all the thinking, your skills do not grow.

Being Safe with AI

Safety includes both technical safety and emotional safety.

For technical and privacy safety:

• Avoid sharing full names, addresses, or personal photos with AI tools unless a trusted adult says it is okay
• Be careful about uploading other people’s images without permission
• Remember that what you type or upload might be stored or used to train future systems

For emotional safety:

• Be aware that AI‑generated messages or images can be fake and designed to upset or trick people
• Do not believe or share everything AI produces without checking
• Talk to a trusted adult if AI content makes you feel scared, confused, or pressured

AI and Harmful Content

AI can generate harmful or hateful content if asked in the wrong way.
Many tools try to block this, but they are not perfect.

You can help by:

• Not asking AI to create bullying, threats, or hateful messages
• Reporting or closing tools that produce dangerous content
• Choosing to walk away from harmful conversations instead of feeding them

Your choices shape the kind of digital world you and others live in.

Simple Rules for Responsible Use

A few simple habits can guide safe and responsible AI use.

• Be kind: Do not use AI to hurt or embarrass people
• Be honest: Use AI to support your learning, not to hide that you did not do the work
• Be careful: Protect your own and others’ privacy
• Be thoughtful: Check AI outputs before trusting or sharing them

Small decisions add up over time.
Choosing wisely each day makes a big difference.

Summary Points

• AI can help or harm depending on how people use it
• Kindness means not using AI to bully, embarrass, or attack others
• Honesty means not letting AI pretend to be your own work
• Safety means protecting privacy and not blindly trusting all AI outputs
• Simple habits of kindness, honesty, and care can guide responsible AI use

Practical Tasks

• Write a short “AI use promise” in your own words, including one sentence about kindness, one about honesty, and one about safety
• Think of one situation where AI could be used to help someone feel included or supported, and describe it in a few sentences