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Add your Voice to the Global Youth Imagination Lab!

Before anyone can build a better future, someone has to imagine it first.

Before anyone can build a better future, someone has to imagine it first.

The world is changing quickly. AI is becoming part of how we live, learn, work, create, connect, communicate, make decisions and imagine what's possible. But young people are still not meaningfully included in many of the conversations shaping this change. This is your invitation to add your voice! 

We want to understand what this moment feels like to you: what you hope for, what worries you, what you want to protect, what you dream of, and what you think adults, leaders and technology creators need to understand about your future. There are no right or wrong answers. Some questions ask you to choose from a list; others invite you to write in your own words. You do not need to be an expert in AI or technology. It takes around 10–15 minutes.

Your answers will be analysed in summary form, and your name will never be published with your responses. What you share will help shape the Global Youth Imagination Lab — including Youth Imagination Day on 1 October 2026 and the report carried into the Deeply Human Summit in Paris on 2–3 October. It will also support ongoing youth-led work on AI, humanity and the future.

What happens next? At the end, you can choose whether you would like to stay involved and help take this work forward with us. Selected participants aged 15–30 will be invited to join our virtual Youth Imagination Day on 1 October, helping to turn the responses into youth recommendations for experts and leaders from UNESCO, the UN, OECD, Oxford University, IKEA, MIT Media Lab and The Adecco Group at the Deeply Human Summit. You can also express your interest in future leadership opportunities to help shape this work beyond the Summit.

A quick tip: we recommend completing the questionnaire on a desktop or laptop rather than your phone.

Section 1: About you

How old are you?

Which country are you from?

How would you describe your gender?

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4. Which best describes where you live?

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5. Which best describes your current situation?

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6. How would you describe your access to digital technology?

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Section 2: How you see the future

7. When you think about your future, which three words come to mind first?

8. Overall, how do you feel about the future?

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9. How much do you agree with the following statements?
1 = Strongly disagree · 2 = Disagree · 3 = Neutral · 4 = Agree · 5 = Strongly agree

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I feel hopeful about my own future.
I feel worried about the future of the world.
I feel that young people can help shape the future.
I feel that decisions about the future are mostly made without young people.
I worry that technology may make society less human.

10. Which of these challenges feels most important to you right now? (Please choose up to 3)

11. What worries you most about the future?

12. What excites you most about the future?

Section 3: You and AI

13. How often do you knowingly use AI tools (such as ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini, image generators, translation tools or AI study tools)?

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14. In which areas do you use AI or AI-powered systems?

15. How much do you agree with the following statements?
1 = Strongly disagree · 2 = Disagree · 3 = Neutral · 4 = Agree · 5 = Strongly agree

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AI helps me learn more effectively.
AI helps me be more creative.
AI sometimes makes me rely too much on quick answers.
I know when I should not use AI.
I worry that AI could increase inequality.
AI should be designed with stronger input from young people.
I understand enough about AI to use it responsibly.

16. What opportunities do you most hope AI will create? (Please choose up to 3)

17. What concerns you most about AI? (Please choose up to three)

18. What is one way AI has already changed your life, positively or negatively?

Section 4: Humanity and the future

19. Which human qualities will become MORE important in the future? (Please choose up to three)

20. What do you hope never changes, even as the world becomes more digital?

21. What does a good life look like to you?

22. How well do you feel prepared for the future in the following areas?
1 = Not prepared at all · 2 = Not very prepared ·3 = Slightly prepared · 4 = Well prepared · 5 = Very well prepared

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Understanding AI
Using AI responsibly
Thinking critically about information
Finding meaningful work
Dealing with uncertainty
Protecting my wellbeing

23. What do you wish schools, universities or training programmes taught more clearly about the future?

Section 5: Trust, responsibility and power

24. How much do you trust the following groups to make responsible decisions about AI and technology?
1 = Do not trust at all · 2 = Mostly do not trust · 3 = Neutral · 4 = Mostly trust · 5 = Trust completely

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Governments
Schools and universities
Technology companies
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Researchers and experts
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Young people

25. How much responsibility should the following groups have for creating a better future with AI and technology?
1 = No responsibility · 2 = Little · 3 = Some · 4 = High · 5 = Very high responsibility

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Governments
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26. Who currently has the most power to shape the future of AI and technology? (Choose up to 3)

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27. How much do you agree with the following statements?
1 = Strongly disagree · 2 = Disagree · 3 = Neutral · 4 = Agree · 5 = Strongly agree

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Young people should have more influence in decisions about AI and technology.
Adults take young people’s concerns about technology seriously.
Leaders should explain how their decisions affect future generations.

28. What responsibility do YOU think your own generation has?

Section 6: Imagining the Future

29. Imagine it is 2040 and people and technology are working well together. You wake up. Describe that day.

30. Now imagine the opposite. What happened?

31. If we could change one thing today to create a better future, what should it be?

Section 7: The Youth Dispatch
A message in your own words to the leaders across technology, policy, academia, education and civil society.

Finish this sentence: The future I want is one where…

Finish this sentence: Please don’t forget that…

What is one thing you want educators, business leaders, policymakers or technology creators to understand about growing up with AI?

If you could send one message to leaders today, what would it be?

Section 8: Next Steps!
The Global Youth Imagination Lab doesn’t end here. A group of youth participants from around the world will be invited to Youth Imagination Day on 1 October 2026 to explore the findings together. If you’d like to be part of it, we’d love to hear from you.

Would you like to apply to join the Youth Imagination Day and find out more about opportunities to shape this work in the future? (Tick all that apply)

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