Assessment Brief #1

Assessment Description This assessment is meant to get you to reflect on what academic research has to say about a question involving Global Politics. You will do this by comparing this type of research with Artificial Intelligence platforms answers to the same question. The goal of the assignment is to have you critically reflect on 1) what existing academic research has found on a particular topic, and 2) be able to identify the strengths and weaknesses of relying on AI to answer challenging political questions involving Global Politics. This task is directly linked to Assignments 2 and 3. The question you chose to analyse in this assessment will be the same as the one you will address in the next assessments. Course Learning Outcomes addressed in this task: CLO3 : Critically evaluate the key structures and processes of the global system CLO4 : Evaluate the impact of globalisation on world politics Relevance This task begins to prepare you for future learning by developing the skills needed to evaluate the information generated by Artificial Intelligence in the context of current issues involving Global Politics. Not only will you help you learn about a particular topic in depth, but it will also help you understand the pitfalls of only relying on AI tools to understand politics and policy-related issues. More importantly, this task will also help you develop/strengthen a skill that many employers value: critical thinking skills something AI tools cannot replace.