Macro
Putting AI into focus ● Gamified LLM content plugin
Problem
"ChatGPT can make mistakes. Check important info." But how are young adults meant to know what to check, how to check it, or why it matters?
Insight
Without strong critical thinking skills, young people risk taking AI-generated content at face value, even when it’s biased, misleading or wrong.
Solution
Macro is a plugin that helps young adults question AI. It makes critical thinking fun and measurable by turning chats into learning moments, tracking patterns in real time to show how AI may be shaping your views.
We’ve normalised the use of AI, but not the skills needed to question it.
‘ChatGPT can make mistakes. Check important info.’ But for many, (especially younger users) this warning raises more questions than answers.
What exactly counts as ‘important’?
What needs checking?
How are users supposed to check it, or even know why it matters?
This tension between usage convenience and comprehension sparked the foundation of Macro.
Reading Between the Lines
Young Adults & AI
This audience turns to AI for help with school, writing, problem-solving, even advice. Yet many lack the frameworks to evaluate what they’re reading. There’s a critical thinking gap.
Misinformation & Friction
The complexity of verifying AI answers creates barriers. It’s cognitively demanding, often tedious, and rarely explained in a way that sticks.
Not a Blocker
AI isn’t going away, and shouldn’t be feared. But users need tools to see through the language and learn from it. It’s not about policing content, it’s about understanding how it’s written, and what that reveals.
Macro: Putting AI Into Focus
Macro is a web plugin that scans your LLM chats in real-time, highlighting how AI-generated language might subtly shape your views.
It brings critical thinking into the everyday, by turning interactions with AI into learning opportunities; making it fun, trackable, and empowering.
Defining Language Parameters
By identifying five key patterns in AI language that subtly shape trust and perception, Macro helps young adults build critical thinking skills they can apply across the internet and in everyday life.
Content Strategy
The Skimmer, Swimmer, Diver strategy gives users different levels of content based on how deep they want to go. Skimmers get quick, bite-sized insights like scores and summaries. Swimmers explore short lessons or breakdowns for a bit more understanding. Divers go all in with detailed explanations, interactive lessons, and gamified tasks.
Gamified Thinking
Macro’s gamified hook makes learning active and rewarding. Users earn points, build streaks, and climb the leaderboard by spotting distortions, learning key content, and improving critical thinking; turning everyday chats into engaging challenges. This mix of personal progress and light competition keeps users curious, motivated, and consistently learning.
Macro gives young people something urgently needed: a new kind of literacy for the AI age. It encourages them to engage with AI not passively, but with curiosity and critical thought.
It has the potential to change how a generation learns, questions, and forms ideas in a world increasingly shaped by algorithms.
Wider Use & Opportunities
Macro shouldn’t be limited to AI chats. Its ability to detect patterns in language, bias, and framing makes it a powerful tool for analysing all kinds of written content. By expanding its use, Macro could support critical thinking across everyday media and education, helping people of all ages become more thoughtful, aware readers. Potential use cases include:
