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What Can AI Do?

Grades K-2 | Ages 5-7

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Lesson 1: What is AI?

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What does

“Artificial Intelligence”

make you think of?

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Artificial Intelligence (AI)

a program made by people that makes computers do things that seem intelligent (or smart) in the same way that humans are intelligent

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Are these examples of AI?

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Toy Pet

Self-Driving Car

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The Big Ideas of AI

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Sense and understand its environment.
Plan and make decisions.
Learn new knowledge and skills.
Interact with humans and the environment.

When computer programs use artificial intelligence to do these things, �they seem intelligent!

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Is the robot dog AI?

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Does it sense and understand its environment?
Does it make plans or decisions on its own?
Can it learn over time?
Does it interact with people or its environment?
Does it seem intelligent -�or is it just following its programming?

Robot Dog

Video of robot dog in action

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Is the self-driving car AI?

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Does it sense and understand its environment?
Does it make plans or decisions on its own?
Can it learn over time?
Does it interact with people or its environment?
Does it seem intelligent -�or is it just following its programming?

Self-Driving Car

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What other examples of artificial intelligence can you think of?

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Lesson 2: Tasks AI Does Well and Tasks AI Does Not Do As Well

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Aaron Wong AI Tic-Tac-Toe

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https://www.aaronccwong.com/tic-tac-toe

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Bird Sounds

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https://experiments.withgoogle.com/ai/bird-sounds/view/

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Meet Einstein

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https://einstein.digitalhumans.com/

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Write with Transformer

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https://transformer.huggingface.co/doc/gpt2-large

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Four AIs

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Lesson 3:

How Does AI Work?

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Experimenting with Sensors

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How do people and animals understand the world �around them?

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Senses

faculties, such as sight, hearing, or touch, used by people or animals to perceive information

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Can you name human or animal senses?

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Sensor

device that allows a machine to sense the natural world

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AI Robot

a robot that is able to use sensors to collect information and make autonomous decisions about how to complete a task

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Google’s Semi-Conductor

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https://experiments.withgoogle.com/semi-conductor

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Speechnotes

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https://speechnotes.co/

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Magic Sketchpad

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http://magic-sketchpad.glitch.me/

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AI and Image Recognition

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image recognition

the ability of a computer program to see an image and identify objects, people, or other subjects

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Image Recognition Tracking Chart

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Make a copy of this file

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ftLOXOdzV87ihzCv4dDZ2SQJfkWwqx4XPRDj3MUa5jY/copy

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In addition to sensing the world around it, what other knowledge or skills would the AI robot need to learn �in order to autonomously �build the tower?

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feature

observable characteristic

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Animal Images

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"Dogs 013" by mrspattinsonn is licensed under CC BY 2.0., original background removed

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Animal Images

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"happy california cow" by haglundc is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0., original background removed

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Animal Images

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"dog" by ccbarr is licensed under CC BY 2.0. , original background removed

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Animal Images

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"Elephant" by barbourians is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0. , original background removed

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Animal Images

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"Dog" by bfishadow is licensed under CC BY 2.0. , original background removed

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Animal Images

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"Duck" by Giorgos Michalogiorgakis is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0., original background removed

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Animal Images

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"warty swamp frog (Litoria raniformis)" by dcysurfer / Dave Young is licensed under CC BY 2.0., original background removed

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Animal Images

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"Dog stare" by tajai is licensed under CC BY 2.0. , original background removed

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Animal Images

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"dog in Italy" by Sabrina Setaro is licensed under CC BY 2.0. , original background removed

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Animal Images

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"Costa Rican orangemouth tarantula (Psalmopoeus reduncus)" by bayucca is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0. , original background removed

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Animal Images

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"Brad, The Blue Eyed Cat" by Ojie Paloma is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. , original background removed

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Animal Images

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"Cecil - The black maned Lion - RIP!" by paulafrenchp is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0., original background removed

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How can we improve our �dog image recognition AI?

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Artificially Intelligent Robots and Algorithms

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algorithm

a set of steps or rules to follow in order to solve a problem or accomplish a specific goal

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Algorithm

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Cake Algorithm

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Preheat oven
Mix dry ingredients
Mix wet ingredients
Mix wet ingredients into dry
Blah blah blah

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Harold the Robot—Unplugged Activity

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https://classic.csunplugged.org/activities/community-activities/harold-the-robot/

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For an AI robot to be able to complete this activity on its own, instead of being given step-by-step directions, what would it need to be able to sense without help?

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Lesson 4:

Design an AI Robot

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AI Robot

a robot that is able to use sensors to collect information and make autonomous decisions about how to complete a task even in a changing environment

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How can these AI technologies help people?

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Toy pets, like the AI robot dog
Self-driving cars
AI Tic-Tac-Toe
Bird Sounds
Speechnotes

Self-Driving Car

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Design Your Own AI Robot!

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Design your own AI robot with these steps.

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What is the name of the AI robot, and what is its purpose?
Where would you find this AI robot?
How does the AI robot move?
Which sensors would this AI robot need?
What types of knowledge or skills would this AI robot need to learn in order to perform tasks autonomously?
Could this AI exist now - or would it be in the future that it would work well?

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How could the AI robot you designed for this project affect your life or the lives of your friends and family?

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You�can create the �AI technologies of the future!

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