Myth Machine

Students explore how artificial intelligence can create “believable fictions” in this reading comprehension activity titled The Myth Machine: How AI Creates Believable Fictions. They read an informational passage about how AI sometimes generates false information that sounds real and answer short response questions that prompt them to reflect on truth, storytelling, and credibility. The task asks students to explain concepts like AI “hallucination,” provide textual evidence, and interpret key examples from the passage. This activity promotes deeper comprehension, inference-making, and written explanation skills while reinforcing the importance of verifying information sources.

Curriculum Matched Skills

English Language Arts – Reading Comprehension: Informational Text

English Language Arts – Writing Constructed Responses with Evidence

Technology Literacy – Evaluating Digital Information Accuracy

English Language Arts – Vocabulary and Concept Development

This worksheet is part of our AI Hallucination collection.