Week of January 1st - 5th, 2024

Principles of Computer Technology, Spring 2024

Monday:

Winter break - No school

Tuesday:

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)

Wednesday:

• Group 2 must turn in current events on Nov. 29th and January 3rd:

  P1: Laith, Niki, Ethan, Erin

  P2: Sophia, Iris, Isabella, Rushyukta

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

Thursday:

• Homework: "Thinking about AI"  due at beginning of class.
  
  Begin AI/Robotics videos, as time allows:
  • 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:
  
  • Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence: Crash Course (11:50) Great approachable but not dumbed-down introduction to some aspects of machine learning.
  • 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)
  • "The Future of Robotics and Artificial Intelligence" (Andrew Ng, a machine learning expert fromStanford) (16:26)

Friday: