Living and Working with
Artificial Intelligence
Archived Curriculum - Year 2 - 2022-2023
Unit 2: Overview
(archived - 2022-2023)
Vocabulary
(archived - 2022-2023)
Learning Objectives
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Module Notes
(archived - 2022-2023)
Archived Curriculum - Year 2 - 2022-2023
Module 2.1
Understanding Language
Module Activities to Complete
1. Case Studies (Slide 12)
Bullying a girl named Alexa- Parents of children called Alexa challenge Amazon
Risk of some features - IS ALEXA SAFE FOR KIDS?
Rude kids?/ privacy concerns? - Are smart speakers really safe for children?
Conversation complexity/Jeopardising teaching professions? - Is Amazon Alexa harmful to children’s educational development?
Wrong/incomplete answers, discourage critical thinking - Parents say using Alexa to entertain kids comes with problems
Module 2.2
How Computers Understand Language
Module Activities to Complete
1. Waveforms & Spectrograms Activity
Software: Spectrogram demo
Teacher's Video Demo support
2. SpeechDemo Activity
Software: SpeechDemo
Teacher's Video Demo support
Speech Video demo (4:30 mins)
Module 2.3
How Intelligent Assistants Understand & Answer
Module Activities to Complete
Module 2.4
Word Embeddings
Module Activities to Complete
Optional Module 2.5
How Computers Represent and Generate Meaning
Module Activities to Complete
Module 2.6
Sentiment Analysis
Module Activities to Complete
Module 2.7
Chatbots
Module Activities to Complete
4. Chatbot with BERT Activity
Implement a simple chatbot that represents a character in a story and can answer questions about itself and the story. This activity uses the BERT language model, a transformer neural network that can understand text and answer questions.
Software: ML4K Scratch 3
Note: This is a separate instance from the traditional Scratch hosted by MIT
Optional: Pre-made demo Chatbot with BERT.sb3
5. Intelligent Assistant with Keywords (Cognimates)
Create a simulated intelligent assistant in Scratch using Machine Learning for Kids (ML4K) that responds to voice input, modeled after Siri or Alexa. This is a simulation that outputs predetermined responses to selected keywords in the input; real assistants do much more.
Intelligent Assistant with Keywords (Cognimates) Activity Guide
Software: Cognimates website
Optional: Pre-made demo Intelligent Assistant Cognimates.sb3