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AI Adventurers
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AI Adventurers[1] is a series of cinematic videos made to teach children of the use cases and dangers of artificial intelligence. The series follows an agent named "Agent" and a chicken named "Chicken" as its protagonists.

Videos

AI 101: Building the Basics

Introducing AI: Building the Basics
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As a metaphor for older forms of information gathering, the agent and chicken go fishing, beginning with a pool. Agent's fishing rod accidentally pulls out a plug which causes the pool to drain, depressing the agent. The two wander out into a teal void where they find a series of computers and servers. As the narrator explains AI, the computers are revealed to be in the shape of the word AI. Next, the chicken is used to represent AI, being given hundreds of books by the agent, representing machine learning.

After being shown many books, the chicken then looks at a laptop, a smartphone, and a pile of books. This process takes so long that the agent naps on a bed. Having gone through everything, the chicken has learned many things. This pivots to a sequence of connections, such as books about tigers often mentioning cats, while websites on cats rarely mention cars, pictures of cars often including dogs, and scientific studies of dogs never mention saxophones. Having found "millions and millions of patterns," the chicken wakes the agent up and goes out to test predictions starting with fish not being found in trees, fields, cups, or puddles. They go to a lake and find a whale, incentivizing them to double check what AI puts out.

As the narrator stresses that generative AI was new at the time, the agent catches a cod.

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AI in Action: Using AI Tools Responsibly

AI in Action: Using AI Tools Responsibly
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Summary

The AI Adventurers are watching videos on their tablet, where in a basketball bounces off several slabs onto a piston. They are excited when they realize AI can help them design their own, and run off to a basketball court to test their idea. What they came up with is to throw the ball off a wall, bouncing off the Eiffel Tower, then the Great Wall of China, and then several Moai, a sequence of events that is impossible for several reasons. It's explained that this idea was somehow created with the GPS in a car.

They pivot to using generative AI, and get an extremely bland and uncreative trick shot. This is because they didn't give the chatbot very descriptive instructions. They come back with a machine made of several pieces. Agent initiates it by throwing the ball into a basket, which knocks over a domino row of bricks, pressing a lever which pushes a cat in a minecart, who gnaws at a cod on a fishing line, which then falls onto a spruce door, which sends the ball flying. It nearly misses, but luckily Chicken is able to hit the ball in time.

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AI for Good: Solving Problems with AI

AI for Good: Solving Problems with AI
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Chicken is lounging around on a teal chair, when a robotic vacuum cleaner bumps into it. Agent walks into the room, and gets repeatedly blocked by it. Walking over to a desk, Agent unlocks their tablet using facial recognition, looking at video of tropical fish. Inspired, they decide to construct their own chatbot which triangulates the position of an ideal vantage point for diving. They decide to go check it out, but first arrive at a busy street, waiting for a taxi.

After arriving at the beach, they dive into the coral reef, communing with several fish and a miniature submarine. A dolphin swims by, which excites the duo. Through technology not yet developed at the time of the videothey manage to speak with the dolphin, who leads them to a shipwreck, where another dolphin is trapped. Together, Chicken and Agent are able to free the dolphin, and both duos swim along happily.

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AI in Action: Using AI Thoughtfully

AI in Action: Using AI Thoughtfully
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Agent and Chicken are once again lounging around on a coach, looking at their tablet for ideas on how to build a treehouse. However, they are told it's too good to be true, and realize upon closer inspection that it might be AI generated. To be sure, Chicken superimposes themself into the image and begins exploring, discovering firsthand that the architecture is impossible, and falls off an upside down balcony, which causes them to fall off the couch. The two are left disappointed that AI let them down for once, but are reassured they can still use it.

They rush over to their computer, and ask their chatbot how to build a treehouse. They run off with a saw and hammer, and have to be convinced to double check the information, looking up tutorials by various mobs. They discover a video from the Building Birds, long established and respected professionals who build "chicken certified" creations, and have superior advice to the AI. With the insight gained the duo get to work on their own treehouse, but feel the end result comes off as bland and empty. They decide to decorate it with inspiration from the AI treehouse, and all is well.

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Learn with the AI Adventurers

Learn with the AI Adventurers
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Unlike the rest of the series, Learn with the AI Adventurers is a clip show of the four initial episodes.

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AI in Action: Cloud Computing

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AI in Action: Cloud Computing
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Quotes

Journey alongside two curious companions and explore the world of AI. Now anyone can learn the basics of how AI works, and how it helps us solve problems and learn. Each video is paired with downloadable teaching materials, parent guide, and movie poster. Produced in partnership with Microsoft Democracy Forward.

— Playlist description

The AI Adventurer [sic] videos from Minecraft are the perfect introduction for the K5 classroom. Digital citizenship. AI literacy. Those videos really do such a great job of breaking it down to make it understandable for just about anybody.

— Amber Hinkle[2]


History

UnknownAI 101: Building the Basics is shown in montage of other Education related content, such as Artemis: Rocket Build and Lessons in Good Trouble.
Chicken and Agent themselves make a reappearance during newly animated scenes.

Trivia

  • During the 2025 Games for Change Festival, statues were featured where guests could pose with Agent and Chicken.[3]

Official artwork

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References

  1. ↑ "AI Adventurers" by Minecraft Education – Minecraft Education.
  2. ↑ "👀 We see you, educators. Juggling a million things during #CSEdWeek. Need an activity that’s meaningful and simple?" by Minecraft Education – Facebook, December 10, 2025.
  3. ↑ "What we learned this summer: AI, Esports, and Creative Coding" – Minecraft Education, July 21, 2025.

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