The use of gameplays as a resource for algorithmic literacy

Abstract

Akasha, within Indian culture, permeates everything (SOUSSUMI, 2018). This expression is used in the electronic RPG Genshin Impact to represent what we problematize in this research as a type of omniscient artificial intelligence, with an architecture based on machine learning and algorithms which resemble chatbots.  The specific story (within the game, called “mission”) that involves Akasha is the ideal scenario for the use of gamification methodology based on the use of gameplays as a playful resource for teaching humanities.  Specifically in this research, the issue of digital literacy is dear to us, especially algorithmic literacy, a subject practically restricted to courses focused on exact and technological sciences.  We disagree with this restriction and propose, using gamification, an introductory approach in the classroom –with an emphasis on humanities – that playfully, using gameplays, contextualizes the importance of digital/algorithmic literacies for understanding and identifying both the correct and incorrect uses of artificial intelligence and its consequences, such as the possibility for students to correctly identify fake news.  Our methodology is exploratory-qualitative to arrive at the algorithm model built in a flowchart; the theoretical framework focuses on communication sciences. (GUNKEL, 2017; SANTAELLA, 2013, 2023).