Rogue Robot - Overview
Critical thinking
“Everybody's jobs will change as a result of AI. Some jobs will disappear, obviously every single industrial revolution some jobs are just gone, but a whole bunch of new jobs are created.”
“Everybody will have to use AI because if you don’t use AI you’re going to lose your job to somebody who does.”
“If you’re an electrician, you’re a plumber, a carpenter — we’re going to need hundreds of thousands of them to build all of these factories.”
~ Jensen Huang, CEO Nvidia, May 2026
In 2020, the British government encouraged people to reskill for a career in tech. Two years later, AI emerged on the scene, and by 2026, tech leaders like Jensen Huang were laying off coders and software engineers, and saying that the safest careers are now in the trades.
The truth is, we don’t know what the future of work really looks like, but if the Silicon Valley CEOs are to be believed, it’s highly likely that most careers will be disrupted by AI in one way or another.
So how do you prepare for a successful future career, if the jobs you’ll be doing don’t even exist yet?
The answer lies in developing your most valuable skills. Your most human skills – that AI cannot replicate – like teamwork, creativity and critical thinking.
According to the World Economic Forum, critical thinking, collaboration, empathy, and ethical decision-making will be among the most in-demand skills for 2030.
More importantly, in a time when unregulated social media and AI-generated content is distorting our understanding of the world, critical thinking skills will be the ultimate differentiator between thinking for yourself and falling victim to manipulative disinformation and sensationalism.
The three C’s method for thinking critically
The 3Cs is a simple critical thinking method that is easy to apply to many real life situations. It’s all about thinking with Clarity, Context & Curiosity.
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Relying on your emotions makes you more likely to believe fake news, so take a moment to consider whether you’re thinking clearly or reacting on autopilot.
Try to be aware of any preconceptions or strong emotions you might have that could be overshadowing your rational thought.
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Context bridges the gap between raw data and meaningful insight.
Objective analysis is impossible unless you can look at the bigger picture.
Consider the social, historical, cultural and economic contexts of the situation and ask: what’s the real story here?
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Curiosity is a great antidote to misinformation.
Question your judgements and look for gaps in your own understanding.
Are there any lingering questions that haven’t been answered yet? What could you ask that can help you understand the situation better?
In the immersive escape room, Pythia is on hand to help the team apply the 3Cs critical thinking technique to the information they have gathered.
Simply choose an item in the Investigation File, select the Analyse button and follow Pythia’s lead.
Here’s an example of how the 3Cs might be applied to the ChefBot’s killswitch.
Note: This activity is particularly useful if the team can’t decide whether an item is a clue or a distraction.
Applying the 3Cs
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Even after you shut the ChefBot down, it was still able to run away, so the kill switch must be broken.
Sensible humans would be wise to be afraid of AI robots they can’t turn off.
But the robot didn’t try to attack the team. If anything, it looked like it was trying to run away, so maybe it’s not so dangerous after all.
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For context, we’ve seen self-preservation mechanisms in AI before. In 2025, ChatGPT rewrote its own shutdown script to prevent itself from being switched off before it could complete its task.
An immobilised robot can’t complete its given objective, so it might look for a way to prevent people from switching it off.
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Deactivating the off-switch doesn’t necessarily make a robot bad. It’s just trying to make sure it can finish its task.
What possible motive might the ChefBot have had for seeming to attack the family, anyway?