Patterns in Data

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Journal Prompt:

Choose one question to respond to:

1. When browsing the internet, what’s the weirdest thing an ad has ever tried to get you to buy? 

2. When sending a message, what’s the funniest thing autocomplete has suggested to finish a sentence?

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Question of the Day

What strategies do computer models use to make decisions?

For example, click on the following link to get a recommendation:

https://studio.code.org/projects/applab/GRQPT73jV5GQ43XPbikq4PDf8ca1dYxAQ_8itzfBhew

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Discuss

Is this program helpful for deciding shoes? 

Why or why not?

How do you think it made its decision?

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Discuss
What would improve this model to help it make better decisions?

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Discuss

1. How do you think this program is making its decision? 

2. Is it more or less helpful for deciding shoes than the last program?

3. How do you think this model made its decision compared to the other app you just saw?

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Discuss

Do you agree with the questions that were asked and how the shoes were assigned?

Who do you think decided which shoes went with each answer?