Artificial Intelligence
Time
1.6 hrs
Difficulty
Module 1
Prerequisites
Thinking Procedurally
Departments
Career & Technology Studies
Authors
Sandra Kuipers
Groupings
Individual
Pairs
Pairs
Minimum Year Group
None
Blurb
AI, or artificial intelligence, has been a dream of computer science for 50 years. We are still a long way away, but this unit will look at what AI means for us as humans.
License
This work is shared under the following license: Creative Commons BY-SA-NC
Outline
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Interdisciplinary Connections
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| Reflection What was successful? What needs changing? Alternative Assessments and Lesson Ideas? What other Differentiation Ideas/Plans could be used?
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5 mins
AI: Friend Or Foe?
The Pitch
- Computers are getting smarter every day.
- Is it possible for computers to get so smart that they replace us? You be the judge.
10 mins
Artificial Intelligence
Digging In
- In Thinking Procedurally, we played Universal Paperclips.
- On the surface, it's is a game about making paperclips.
- Dig a bit deeper, and there's something else happening ...
- Here's what Frank Lantz, the creator of Universal Paperclips, has to say:
- Frank mentions an AI thought experiment that the game is based on. Check out this link if you're interested to learn more: Paperclip Maximizer
10 mins
Computer Behaviour
Asking Questions
- What do you think this game says about AI?
- Does a paperclip-making AI taking over the world really sound possible? Probably not.
- But, there are other ways AI can impact our society, for better or for worse.
- If you're interested in the ideas behind this game, feel free to check out this blog post:
- This Game About Paperclips Says A Lot About Human Desire
- Spoiler alert! Also, this a long post and not for the faint of heart. Reading this is entirly optional.
5 mins
What is AI?
Digging In
- The AI in use today isn't taking over the planet.
- Instead, it's involved in some amazing breakthroughs in image recognition, decision making, and automation.
20 mins
Current AI
Theory
- Check out OKAI by Brown University
- Progress through Chapter 0, Chapter 1 and Chapter 2.
Feel free to continue to Chapter 6 if you're interested! - OKAI introduces some initial concepts of AI:
- Artificial Intelligence
- Artificial Narrow Intelligence (Weak AI)
- Artificial General Intelligence
- Machine Learning
- Deep Learning
- The AI we see in games, apps and cars are considered Narrow Intelligence. They're much more advanced than a standard algorithm, but they're not going to take over the world anytime soon.
- The AI we see depicted in movies and the media that people are concerned about is General Intelligence. This is where AI has more human-like sentience and can make it's own decisions.
- The AI we saw in Universal Paperclips is a thought experiment about the dangers of general intelligence AI.
30 mins
Future AI
Viewing, Reading, Thinking & Discussing
- Take some time to view and read a few of the following resources:
- Benefits & Risks of Artificial Intelligence (article)
- 10 Powerful Examples Of Artificial Intelligence In Use Today (article)
- Artificial Intelligence for the Real World (article)
- The Coming Technological Singularity: How to Survive in the Post-Human Era (article)
- We Can Now Build Autonomous Killing Machines. And That’s a Very, Very Bad Idea (article)
- If you have questions, feel free to search the internet and learn more about these topics.
- If you're working with a partner, spend time discussing the ideas raised in these articles.
- Consider the text in light of the question AI: friend or foe?
- Does AI, as seen in this text represent an opportunity or a threat?
- Make some notes of the main points you consider.
15 mins
Your Thoughts
Evidence
- Now you hopefully have some views about AI, and whether it will turn out to be our friend or foe...or something in between.
- You've also seen a bit of how AI is being used in our current digital technologies.
- Add some slides for Artificial Narrow Intelligence, Artificial General Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Deep learning to your ongoing slideshow.
- If you already have a slide for some of these terms, is there anything new to add?
- Film a two-minute video or audio clip of yourself answering:
- What is the difference between AI today, and AI in media and the movies?
- What is your personal view of AI in the future?
- In your clip:
- Try not to over script, nor over rehearse the piece: simply make some outline notes, and then get going.
- Only shoot your work once.
- It does not need to be perfect.
- Once your work is ready, upload it to this this unit of evidence of what you have learned.
Links
- We Can Now Build Autonomous Killing Machines. And That’s a Very, Very Bad Idea
- Thinking Procedurally
- Artificial Intelligence for the Real World
- OKAI
- Paperclip Maximizer
- Benefits & Risks of Artificial Intelligence
- The Coming Technological Singularity: How to Survive in the Post-Human Era
- 10 Powerful Examples Of Artificial Intelligence In Use Today
- This Game About Paperclips Says A Lot About Human Desire
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