Ciência e literatura infantil: uma análise das narrativas criadas pela GenIA

GenIA is increasingly present in our lives, and in this way also in education, being used in school environments and even by children, in the construction of children's literature. This article aims to examine the use of GenIA in the production of children's literature linked to Science. Using an exploratory qualitative methodology, six narratives generated by two AI applications (Story Spark and Gamma) for storytelling were investigated. The stories were of the adventure genre, involving scientific activities related to insects and followed the same three elaborated prompts. Content Analysis was followed to analyze the text and images. The results showed that GenIA used to create the stories was not able to construct narratives free of stereotypes or conceptual errors. The Chatbots did not present gender equity in their entirety, and when there was partiality, the attributions to the characters remained fixed, giving the male character a more exploratory role and the female character an assistant role in the scientific activities. Some stereotypes of scientists were reinforced by the male protagonism and the need to be intelligent, and even by the use of glasses in nature exploration activities in the images. The results indicate that teachers and parents need to be careful when guiding the use of GenIA for children.