Week of May 16th - May 20th, 2022

 

Principles of Computer Technology, Spring 2022!

Monday:

Begin new unit: "Introduction to AI and Robotics"
Essential Questions:

• Can a computer be intelligent?  Have feelings? Be conscious?  Are there limitations on what a computer can do?
• How are 'intelligent' machines changing the world?

Begin AI/Robotics videos, as time allows:

• "Smartest Machine on Earth" (NOVA episode) (52:14)
• Dancing Sony Robots (3:26)
• High Speed Robotic Hand (3:00)
• The Latest Version of the LittleDog Robot (2:17)
• Introducing Spot (2:15)
• Testing Robustness (1:03)
• Atlas, the Next Generation (2:41)
• What's new, Atlas? (0:57)
• Parkour Atlas (0:30)
• Introducing Handle (1:36)
• Sebastian Thrun - Google's Driverless Car (4:14)
• MIT's Nexi MDS Robot - First Test of Expression (1:12)
• How Smart is Today's Artificial Intelligence? (PBS) (9:03)
• Google Duplex - haircut appointment (2:10)
• Google Duplex - restaurant reservation (0:54)
• Humans Need Not Apply (15:00) It's the end of the world. . .
• How Smart is Today's Artificial Intelligence? (Vox) (7:52) or maybe not. . .

some extras:

• A Swarm of Nano Quadrotors (1:43)
• RoboBees - Design Poses Intriguing Engineering Challenge (2:20)
• AI vs AI, Two Chatbots Talking to Each Other (1:24)

Tuesday:

Wednesday:

Group 2 current events due today:
 

P1: Varsha, Lawrence, Dominik, Jana, Nanya
P2: Infantina, Rohan, Sara, Julianna, Bram

 
Remember to enter your topic here and be sure no one else from your section is already doing it.

Thursday:

 

AI/Robotics Rubric

AI videos, discussions, and lecture.

• Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence: Crash Course (11:50) Great approachable but not dumbed-down introduction to some aspects of machine learning.
• "The Future of Robotics and Artificial Intelligence" (Andrew Ng, a machine learning expert fromStanford) (16:26)

Friday: 

Field trip to Great Adventure