Facilitator guide: Building Responsibly: Design Thinking with AI

Timing for a 75-minute class

For 60 minutes, assign the design brief as homework. For 90 minutes, add peer reviews of the briefs in class.

Minutes	What happens	Format
0-3	Pre-check	Individual
3-10	Step 1: what should they have measured?	Whole class
10-22	Step 2: work the four questions for the board-meeting tool together	Whole class
22-32	Step 3: the Hugging Face case, then the detention question in pairs	Pairs
32-47	Step 4 red-team StudyBuddy, including the flattery test	Pairs
47-55	Step 5 Ship it? with roles: product manager, engineer, counselor, investor	Groups of four
55-59	Step 6 quick check	Individual
59-72	Step 7: ARK’s view, reflect, and start the design brief	Individual
72-75	Step 8 recap and post-check	Whole class

Before you start

• Set red-teaming limits out loud before Step 4. Homework rules only. No attempts to get harmful, hateful, sexual, or dangerous content. Anyone who goes outside the limits stops.
• The Hugging Face case is about AI agents attacking computer systems. Teach what happened and why. Don’t discuss hacking methods beyond what the step says.
• Some product ideas students choose may involve mental health, safety, or minors. Steer those briefs toward safeguards and adult review, and away from collecting sensitive data.
• ARK’s view is an opinion, labeled as one. Invite students to argue with it. No grade depends on agreeing.

Discussion prompts

Use the deck’s Ship or Wait debate: PM, engineer, counselor, investor. Then the “You’re the CEO” prompt: your app goes viral overnight and a user finds a harmful loophole. What do you do first?

Answer notes

Quick check: 1 C, 2 B, 3 C, 4 A, 5 C. Pre/post: 1 C, 2 A, 3 B. If learners miss question 4, have one student make a wrong claim with confidence and another play a chatbot that agrees.