Thinking Machines

Thinking Machines

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Define the word Artificial. (What does this word mean?) Provide examples.

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Provide synonyms for ‘intelligent’.

​Artificial

​Created by humans, usually as a copy of or substitute for something natural

​Synonyms for intelligent

astute, clever, creative, imaginative, ingenious, insightful, inventive, knowledgeable, perceptive, rational, smart, thinking​

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What is artificial intelligence?

​Where are we now with AI?

​We are years away from achieving the kind of general AI portrayed in books and films.

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​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARJ8cAGm6JE

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​The legendary HAL 9000 computer, from the film

2001: A Space Odyssey

​Can a machine do this?

Hold a conversation

​​Understand and answer questions Holding an open-ended conversation with a human is considered a benchmark for AI (the Turing test)

No chatbot has really achieved that goal as of 2020

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​Translate between languages

​Major advance by Google in 2016

Systems produce useful output, but still an open problem

A product that learns.......

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​How does it know where to go?

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​How does it communicate with the owner?

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​How does it avoid drops on stairs and doors?

​Your task

​Access Microsoft Teams and open the assignment Artificial intelligence.

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Answer all questions in the document.

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​Extension only when assignment is complete.

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​Complete a 250 word minimum document on your ideas for AI in the future.