[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"external-lt-1519":3},{"payload":4,"id":45,"user":46,"level":52,"course":53,"activity":54,"activity_slug":55,"title":6,"topic":56,"tone":57,"stats":58,"created":61,"score":62,"is_favorite":63,"public":64,"is_external":63},{"text":5,"title":6,"answers":7,"questions":38},"Last month my bank app congratulated me for being “financially responsible”. It had noticed I was spending less on takeaway coffee and suggested I could now “comfortably” increase my monthly savings. The compliment felt oddly personal for something produced by an algorithm, but what really caught my attention was the next sentence: the app offered to raise my credit limit automatically. I hadn’t asked for that, and I wasn’t sure I even wanted it.\n\nArtificial Intelligence is often described as a distant force—robots in factories, self-driving cars, or computers beating chess champions. Yet for most of us, AI has already arrived in a quieter form: it makes small decisions around us every day. It filters our email, recommends what we watch, decides which adverts follow us across the internet, and even helps employers sort through job applications. Because these systems work quickly and usually invisibly, it is easy to forget how much influence they can gain.\n\nIn the workplace, AI can be genuinely helpful. A hospital might use it to spot patterns in scans that a tired human eye could miss. A small company can use automated tools to answer customer questions at night, when no one is available. For employees, this can remove repetitive tasks and leave more time for creative or social work. However, the same technology can also create pressure. If a company measures staff performance through constant data collection, workers may feel they are being judged by numbers rather than by real results, and they may become afraid to take reasonable risks.\n\nEducation offers another mixed picture. Many students now use AI-based apps to practise languages, organise revision, or get instant feedback on writing. Used well, these tools can give learners more independence. But they can also encourage shortcuts. If an app provides perfect answers immediately, students might stop struggling with difficult ideas—the very struggle that helps learning stick. Teachers, meanwhile, face a new challenge: deciding when technology supports genuine learning and when it simply produces work that looks impressive.\n\nThen there is the question of fairness. AI systems learn from data, and data reflects society. If past decisions were biased, the system may copy that bias and present it as “objective”. For example, a hiring tool trained on previous successful candidates might quietly favour the same kind of applicant again and again. The danger is not only unfair outcomes, but also the difficulty of arguing against them when the reasoning is hidden inside a complex model.\n\nDespite these concerns, rejecting AI completely would be unrealistic. The more sensible goal is to use it with clear rules and human responsibility. We should know when an AI system is involved, what it is trying to optimise, and how we can challenge its decisions. Otherwise, we may end up like I did with my bank app: pleased by a convenient service, yet unsure who is really in control.","AI in Everyday Decisions",{"1":8,"2":13,"3":18,"4":23,"5":28,"6":33},[9,10,11,12],"They were delighted because a higher limit always improves financial security.","They felt uncertain because the change was suggested without being requested.","They trusted it completely since the app called them financially responsible.","They refused immediately and deleted the app to avoid being tracked.",[14,15,16,17],"It often shapes choices quietly through everyday digital services.","It has not arrived yet for most people because it is still experimental.","It is mainly used for robots, self-driving cars, and chess competitions.","It only influences people who actively choose to use advanced technology.",[19,20,21,22],"It guarantees that workers will be paid more because productivity rises.","It can reduce routine work so staff can focus on more human tasks.","It makes every performance review fair because numbers cannot be biased.","It replaces all employees at night, meaning companies no longer need staff.",[24,25,26,27],"Teachers will no longer need to give feedback because AI always marks perfectly.","Language learning becomes impossible without technology once students start using apps.","Students may rely on instant solutions and avoid the effort that builds understanding.","Students will stop using teachers because apps can fully replace classroom learning.",[29,30,31,32],"Because AI is always objective and therefore ignores individual circumstances.","Because systems can repeat existing social bias present in the data they learn from.","Because unfairness only happens when people deliberately program discrimination.","Because complex models make decisions randomly without using information.",[34,35,36,37],"AI should be banned because it will inevitably take control away from humans.","AI should be used with transparency and accountability rather than blindly accepted or rejected.","AI is harmless as long as it makes life more convenient for customers.","AI only matters for banking, so other areas do not need regulations.",{"1":39,"2":40,"3":41,"4":42,"5":43,"6":44},"How did the writer react to the bank app’s offer to raise the credit limit?","What does the writer suggest about how AI usually affects people’s lives?","What is one benefit of AI mentioned in relation to workplaces?","What risk does the writer highlight about using AI tools in education?","Why can AI create unfair outcomes, according to the writer?","What is the writer’s overall message about AI?",1519,{"id":47,"username":48,"first_name":49,"last_name":50,"image":51},28520,"john-2b64f6","John","Smith","https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a/ACg8ocK231WS2ZKoCCeRITToRBiXPRmi3qQjyoClwVKSxdMBSzgx1g=s96-c","B2","Reading","Long Text","long-text","Create an exercise exploring the impact of Artificial Intelligence","Standard",{"times_played":59,"num_favorites":60},1,0,"2026-09-18T04:25:02",null,false,true]