Puzzled By ChatGPT? No more! A Jigsaw Puzzle to Promote AI Literacy and Awareness

2026-05-19

AI Summary

This work proposes an innovative approach to AI literacy education by integrating visual storytelling and gamified learning to address the public’s limited intuitive understanding of generative AI’s mechanisms, capabilities, and societal implications. The project introduces a comic-style infographic puzzle system designed for informal learning environments, wherein users collaboratively assemble and co-create knowledge through hands-on interaction. Each puzzle piece functions as a self-contained educational card that conveys key concepts about AI systems—including their operational principles, strengths, and associated risks—while maintaining an engaging and playful format. This design effectively enhances public comprehension of AI technologies and fosters critical awareness regarding their deployment and impact in society.

Abstract

The rapid adoption of Generative AI, including LLM-based chatbots like ChatGPT, has highlighted the need for accessible ways to support public understanding and AI literacy. To address this need, we introduce a game-based, interactive approach in the form of a jigsaw puzzle whose completed image is a comic-based infographic illustrating the workings, capabilities, limitations, and societal implications of these technologies. Each comic sketch also functions as a standalone informational card, providing focused explanations of specific facets of AI use, design, and impact. The visual content was created in a live collaborative session with a professional illustrator and a multidisciplinary group of experts and non experts, combining structured knowledge with informal, exploratory reflections shared during the discussion. By integrating hands-on assembly, visual storytelling, and collaborative interaction, the puzzle provides an engaging and playful tool for exploring the mechanisms, perks, and perils of AI systems in informal learning contexts.

Problem

• AI literacy
• Generative AI
• public understanding
• ChatGPT
• informal learning

Innovation

• AI literacy
• jigsaw puzzle
• visual storytelling
• collaborative design
• generative AI