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LESSONS IN DIGITAL LITERACY

Artificial Intelligence

By Nik Peachey

PEACHEYPUBLICATIONS.COM

AI

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“The coming era of Artificial Intelligence will not be the era of war, but be the era of deep compassion, non-violence, and love.”Amit Ray

“AI doesn’t have to be evil to destroy humanity – if AI has a goal and humanity just happens to come in the way, it will destroy humanity.”Elon Musk

“Robots are not going to replace humans, they are going to make our jobs much more humane. Difficult, demeaning, demanding, dangerous, dull – these are the jobs robots will be taking."Sabine Hauert

“The development of full artificial intelligence could spell the end of the human race. It would take off on its own, and re-design itself at an ever-increasing rate.”Stephen Hawking

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“Artificial intelligence will reach human levels by around 2029. Follow that out further to, say, 2045, and we will have multiplied the intelligence – the human biological machine intelligence of our civilization – a billion-fold.”Ray Kurzweil

AI & Robots

Discussion Task

• What's the connection between AI and robots?
• Describe a robot from science fiction that you like.
• How will AI change our future over the next 5 - 10 years/ 10 - 20 years?
• What human characteristics will robots never be able to imitate?
• What advantages do humans have over robots?
• How would you feel about having your mind uploaded to a robot after you die?
• Will robots ever be able to think and feel emotions?
• How can robots make moral decisions?

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Artificial Intelligence Dilemmas

Reading Task

Study the infographic and make notes about the benefits and potential problems using these heading.

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• Self-driving cars
• Face recognition
• Deep fakes
• Recruitment
• Moral decision making

Your Response

Discussion Task

• What would be the advantages of letting robots do most of our work?
• What would we do if robots did most of our work?
• What would be the benefits and disadvantages of letting robots/AI ...
  • govern the country and make major decisions?
  • control policing and law enforcement?
  • do a complex operation on your heart?
  • control education and teaching?
  • control the defence of the country?
  • manage the justice systems and decide who is guilty and innocent?
  • do childcare and look after preschool children?
  • create art and music?

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Robots & AI

Online Research Task

Find out about the most advanced robots and AI and how they are being used.

Make notes of the information you find. Be sure to record:

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• The URL
• The name of the publication/ site where you found the information
• The name of the author(s) who wrote the information
• The date of publication
• Your assessment of the credibility of the source.

The Future of AI

Create a presentation or write a blog article about the future impact of AI on our lives.

Make predictions about:

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• The next 5 - 10 years
• The next 20 - 50 years

Include predictions about how AI will change:

• Our professional lives
• Our personal lives
• Our cultures
• Our societies

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