Introduction to Artificial Intelligence – AI.

Aim: Students to recognise what AI is and how it can be used.

Introduction: Show videos of examples of AI in use today.

Discuss with class where they have come across AI.

Key questions include:

1. Where have they interacted with it?
2. Did it help them?
3. Did they feel safe in their interaction?

Quick unplugged AI game:

Sorting cards into groups.

1. Put students into groups of 4.
2. Give each group a set of cards. These sets may be playing cards, shapes, colours, numbers, animals etc.
3. Have each group sort the cards as if they were training a machine to do the sorting.
4. After 10 minutes, have each group explain how they went about the exercise, what were the problems they faced.

Extension: Have students create a flowchart or write a brief algorithm that they might have used to start the AI system on its learning journey.