Bot or Not?

Students read short responses and decide whether each one was written by a human or generated by an AI system. They support their answer with reasoning based on clues such as logic, empathy, tone, phrasing, or emotional nuance. This activity builds close reading skills and helps students understand the differences between human communication and algorithmic responses. By identifying subtle cues, students develop media literacy and awareness of how AI-generated text can mimic or differ from real human speech.
Curriculum Matched Skills

English Language Arts – Close Reading and Inference

Digital Literacy – Differentiating Human and AI Communication

Critical Thinking – Evidence-Based Reasoning

Technology Literacy – Recognizing Patterns in AI Output

This worksheet is part of our Good vs. Bad AI Worksheets collection.