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Giving the cs4fn 'Artificial Intelligence: Mind of the Machine' school talk
This page contains resources for anyone wanting to give the cs4fn 'Artificial Intelligence: Mind of the Machine' talk in schools.
Summary
We all know the movie plot, evil robots and computers taking over the world, but what is the reality? This talk looks at artificial intelligence research, the field of science that tries to build 'thinking machines'. How are they built? What can they do? And, as importantly, what can't they do? We will also ask some interesting questions about a particularly well-known 'thinking machine', you!
Suitability
This talk has been given successfully with strong feedback to a a wide range of age groups from Year 7 (age 11-12) to Year 13 (age 17-18). It has also been given to all female, all male and mixed male-female groups. An extended, workshop version has also been given to Year 5/6 classes (age 9-11).
Resources
The slides as a ppt [LARGE FILE] The slides as a pdf [LARGE FILE] The Intelligent Piece of Paper Activity The Build a Brain Activity The Emotional Robot Video The Sodarace Amoeba Race Video Related articles from the cs4fn archiveCredits
This talk was written by Peter McOwan and Paul Curzon of Queen Mary, University of London as part of the cs4fn project with support from EPSRC and Google.
