Passion Project Exemplar

Welcome to Your Passion Project

This is your opportunity to learn all about a topic of your choosing.

• Select a topic.
• Develop a driving question.
• Do the research.
• Bring it all together.
• Reflect.

All topics/driving questions should be approved by the teacher before starting your research. You may use any approved platform to display your learning. You may work alone or in groups of no more than 3. Be sure to keep track of your resources so you can give credit to the original creators. Your work must include:

• Your topic, driving question, and why you chose it.
• 4-5 key points
• Real world applications or new learning from your research
• A reflection
• Bibliography / Reference page

Reflection

AISD Curriculum and Instruction Department 2023

Passion Project Exemplar

Marr, B. (2023). 15 amazing real-world application of AI everyone should know about, Retrieved from https://www.forbes.com/sites/bernardmarr/2023/05/10/15-amazing-real-world-applications-of-ai-everyone-should-know-about/?sh=3392e5a185e8

Anyoha, R.(2017). The history of artificial intelligence, Retrieved from https://sitn.hms.harvard.edu/flash/2017/history-artificial-intelligence/

Hintze, A. (2016). Understanding the four types of artificial intelligence, Retrieved from https://www.govtech.com/computing/understanding-the-four-types-of-artificial-intellegence.html

Gillis, A. S, & Peterson, D. (2023). 4 main types of artificial intelligence: Explained, Retrieved from https://www.techtarget.com/searchenerpriseai/tip/4-main-types-of-AI-explained#:~:text=Narrow%20AI%20OR%20weak%20AI,and%20better%20than%20humans%20can.

References

Key Point #4

How we use it and our morality

There are many real world applications for artificial intelligence already in place. I think we have to maintain a value of human life and purpose over the advancement of technology. Obviously, it can make our lives easier, but it could also be used to eliminate specific groups of people from the reciprocal relationships currently existing in the job market.This would cause a larger separation of classes and increase the number of people being oppressed and marginalized.

• To keep AI from taking over, we have to remember our responsibilities to the human race. AI should only be used to enhance life rather than eliminate it.

• Argriculture: monitors crops, predicts yields, keeps pests away
• Security: surveillance, threat detection, and facial recognition
• Healthcare: telemedicine, improving diagnostics, customized treatment
• Entertainment: personalized gaming, generative art, virtual concerts, and more
• Manufacturing: robotics, quality control, predictive maintenance
• Customer Service: provides 24/7 support with chatbots, analyzes purchasing history, creates hyper-personalized customer experiences

Real World Applications

AI is used in almost every part of our lives from healthcare to entertainment.

My research question will be, "What are the different types of artificial intelligence and how are they being used in the real world?"

Research Question

What is the question you will answer during your research?

Key Point #2

AI Progress Comes & Goes

There have been times when AI progressed very rapidly and made tremendous gains. However, the research has halted due to funding, public panic, or a simple lack of interest.

There have been 2 periods of time where there was little interest in AI research since the mid-70s.

My topic is artificial intelligence. I want to understand why people are afraid of it when I find it fascinating. I know that it is has been around for a long time and I wonder about all of its uses.

Topic

What is your topic and why did you choose it?

Key Point #3

Most interesting

I didn't realize that there were levels to artificial intelligence. We haven't yet realized general intelligence or superintelligence, so most of our jobs are safe. However, if the interest in research and development continues, we may see rapid advancements in a short period of time. The fact that we could create a machine that is capable of learning how we think and feel, and is also self-aware, is exciting because it means we would also have to learn a lot about humans and our brains.

• Creating artificial intelligence that could take the place of a human seems impossible to me. As humans learn more about the way we learn, think, reason, and make judgments, we too will evolve. We will always be chasing an ever-moving goal line.

Key Point #1

4 Main Types of AI

There are 4 primary types of artificial intelligence. They include: reactive machines, limited memory, theory of mind, and self-awareness. Each type is an evolution of the previous. For example, a reactive machine acts on the information it has at the time. It can recognize game pieces and predict moves, but does not remember what happened prior. The self-awareness AI, which doesn't exist, would be able to predict the feelings of someone based on its knowledge of how we felt in the past in similar situations.

• Reactive machines
• Limited memory
• Theory of mind
• Self-awareness

The Quote

In 1970 Marvin Minsky told Life Magazine, “from three to eight years we will have a machine with the general intelligence of an average human being.” We're still not quite there, but machines can certainly perform many tasks.