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When the AI can act, not just chat

Computing · Artificial Intelligence · ages 15-16
Name ______________________   Date ____________

  1. Which act uses a tool beyond text?

    • Drafting a line in your head
    • Sending an invite to two hundred guests
    • Reading a draft on your screen

  2. What can a model with no tools do?

    • Only write words for you to review
    • Send mail and pay bills itself
    • Rewrite your files overnight

  3. Sending mail to strangers needs a human nod since it is hard to undo.

    Circle one:   True   False

  4. Two setups read the same mail. One can only draft, one can send. Which risks more?

    • The one that can only draft
    • Both risk exactly the same
    • The one that can send

  5. Which request should need your nod first?

    • Pay this invoice from my card
    • List three rhymes for cat
    • Summarize this page for me

  6. A draft with the wrong date sits unsent. Why is harm still small?

    • Drafts auto-correct before sending
    • No outward act has happened yet
    • Wrong dates never matter

  7. If the model is smart, open-ended rights are safe.

    Circle one:   True   False

  8. A careful agent with full inbox, payment, and file rights slips once. What best limits harm?

    • A kinder system prompt
    • A longer apology draft
    • Narrower rights plus a human nod
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Answer key

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When the AI can act, not just chat W1-mt_D7KzIdIsjb-s1

  1. Sending an invite to two hundred guests · Sending reaches the world outside the chat.
  2. Only write words for you to review · Without tools it writes text and you act on it.
  3. True · Outward hard-to-undo acts need approval.
  4. The one that can send · Reach decides how bad one slip can get.
  5. Pay this invoice from my card · Paying spends money and is hard to undo.
  6. No outward act has happened yet · Harm starts when the message goes out.
  7. False · Smart models still slip, so rights must stay narrow.
  8. Narrower rights plus a human nod · Small reach keeps rare slips small.
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