What is AI?
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Objective
I can tell what AI is.
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Warm-up video
CBC Kids News · 4:52Vetted channel
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Key concepts
3 concepts
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Artificial intelligence, or AI, involves training computers to learn and think like humans.
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AI learns mainly through machine learning and deep learning.
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Algorithms are the rules that AI follows to make predictions and can be thought of as recipes.
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Practice
4 questions
What does AI help computers do?
Imagine you are teaching a computer what an apple is. What would you show the computer?
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Exit ticket
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“What is AI?”
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