11/3
Warm Up!
Click the link below to watch a video titled "Humans Need Not Apply".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Pq-S557XQU
After watching the video, answer the questions below in an email and send to teals@mcpsweb.org
Subject: Humans Need Not Apply-Last Name
- How did this video make you feel about the future of jobs? of automation?
- Do you agree with what was presented?
- This video is a bit gloomy at times, but instead consider what are the benefits of freeing us from harder labor and more work?
- What industries are most at risk of being automated?
- Which industries do you think are most safe?
- What did the video mention as hurdles for automation? What is holding artificial intelligence back?
- What jobs would you most like automated? least like? Describe why for each.
- What are ethical problems that arise from a more automated work force?
- The video compares the A.I. revolution to the Industrial Revolution. Comparing the gains in mechanical might from our past to the gains in our digital intelligence as we go into the future. What sorts of things are we as a people empowered to do if we are given these boosts to intelligence?
LAB/Classwork:
Today's lab is themed: Haunted House!
You can create a game, animation, etc. on whatever you like as long as it relates to a Haunted House. This assignment MUST be sent in before you leave the class today and will be over at the end of the block (meaning you have this amount of time ONLY to work on it). We will be anonymously voting on your submissions on Monday! Make it creative and show off your coding skills!
Save as: Haunted House-Last Name
Email to teals@mcpsweb.org with subject Haunted House-Last Name (BEFORE class ends)