Artificial Intelligence is an activity developed by Learning Undefeated to help students explore the machine learning and the applications of artificial intelligence.
Artificial intelligence is a method of making a computer think like a human mind. This means that it studies data, finds patterns, and problem-solves. The key here is that a computer alone can follow directions very easily, but it often doesn’t have the capability to write and follow its own directions for a specific goal.
Artificial intelligence can be applied in a variety of fields including video games, banking, and health care. The Department of Defense uses AI for programs like unmanned vehicles and even augmented visual systems. The Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) is an augmented reality headset that uses sensors for low-light and thermal night vision to create a mixed-reality interface for a soldier. With enough image recognition, the system can help identify terrain and mark targets. These systems will most likely make their way to the commercial sphere in the field of VR/AR headsets. With more data to identify terrain or even hand positions, we might find that controllers for these headsets are no longer necessary.
In this activity, students will learn what it means for a computer to be intelligent and how AI software uses data to identify different things.
Through a series of lessons and activities, students learn technical concepts—such as how to train a simple classifier—and the ethical implications those technical concepts entail, such as algorithmic bias.
This two-lesson plan has students learn how to make sense of conflicting viewpoints from credible sources and how ethics relates to artificial intelligence.
Alien Elements is an activity developed by Learning Undefeated to help students explore the field of data science and how it can be applied to the studies of chemistry.
