Course
Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
Grades
High School
Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
This course teaches students about the important programming concepts that enable the use of Artificial Intelligence in technology and society at large.While AI is an incredibly complex topic, this course is designed to be easily understood by children.
This course is an introduction to the important programming concepts that enable the use of Artificial Intelligence in technology and society at large. Students will learn how to incorporate basic Artificial Intelligence algorithms in their own work, complete group assignments about the social and ethical implications of how Artificial Intelligence is currently used, and future plans for its use.
After becoming familiar with it, students will develop a series of projects that illustrate the variety of ways Artificial Intelligence can be used to optimize and predict information and processes.
Duration:
6-8 weeks
Syllabus
Unit 1: What is Artificial Intelligence? (2 - 3 weeks)
What is Artificial Intelligence?
Types of Artificial Intelligence
The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence
Exploring an Ethical Issue in AI
Unit 2: Artificial Intelligence in Gaming (2 - 3 weeks)
Artificial Intelligence in Gaming
Finite States
Search Trees
Creating an Non Player Character
Search Trees and Recursion
Minimax
Depth and Alpha Beta Pruning
Unit 3: AI and Chatbots (2 - 3 weeks)
What are Chatbots?
Implementing a Simple Chatbot
Creating an AI Chatbot
Chatbot Project
Unit 4: Creating Predictive Models (3 - 4 weeks)
What are Predictive Models?
Linear Regression and Building Models
Correlation vs. Causation
Logistic Regression
Building Complex Linear Models
Building Complete Predictive Models
Project: Build Your Own Predictive Model
