Years 9–13 · Assembly or chapel · 25 min

Who Are You Before AI Tells You?

Identity for the AI age — respect first, no condescension, survives a gym's acoustics.

"You will make decisions about AI that no generation has made. Nobody older than you actually knows how this feels." A story-driven assembly with a wallet-card takeaway — three questions every student can use on any app.

Authored vs generated self3 wallet questionsWellbeing-aware

Age range & formats

Y9–13

Assembly, chapel, or seminar — assumes intelligence

25 min

Standard assembly · gym-tested delivery

45 min

Seminar + Q&A with wallet cards

The three wallet questions

What is this teaching me to love?Every feed optimises for engagement — name what it's forming.

Who am I becoming when I use it?Authored self vs the scored, mirrored-back self.

What can I do that it can't?The durable human edge — relational, embodied, present.

ChargeYou are not the content the machines think you are. Decide who's telling you who you are.

Talk arc

Open with respect — no shock theatre
The scored self vs the authored self (Psalm 139 frame)
One story, told straight — pastorally handled
Wallet card handed out before dismissal

Wellbeing boundary line

Red zone — not covered here: crisis mental health counselling
No secrets to chatbots — always a real person
Not a replacement for school counsellor pathways
Clear signpost to help if a student is in crisis
Included in Whole-School Day — not sold standalone

Bundled with whole-school day or policy Full Build tier. Churches book for youth services as relationship-building — same talk, different room.

Bundled

Part of whole-school day or policy Full Build tier

You are not the content the machines think you are.

Nathaniel Baldock Tauranga, New Zealand · AI consulting & school formation
nathanielbaldock@gmail.com · nathanielbaldock.com · +64 20 479 6683
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