Artificial Intelligence, Day 2

Hopper section: Friday, January 30, 2015; Lovelace section: Tuesday, February 10, 2015.

Plan for the day

• Opening Circle. 12-minute documentary about Grace Hopper
• L1
  • Finish up MadLibs projectMadlibs in Scratch: assignment
  • Students present MadLibs project.
    • Discussion / lecture: What is Artificial Intelligence? Kismet Video
    • New assignment: Artificial Intelligence Lab
    • AI Lab: sample implementation (not shared)
    • Components of the game:
      • Input buttons Roll / Hold
      • Running score variable
      • Advice -- display
      • Advice -- selection
      • Die rolling -- spots, how it looks
      • Die rolling -- number generation
      • Score updating
      • Victory rules
• L2
  • Continue working on your Random Menu Generator in JavaScript (start with this blank template)
  • Discussion / lecture: What is Artificial Intelligence? Kismet Video
  • Continue working on random menu. Try using loops and lists together.
  • Closing Circle

Random Menu sample output