AI Definitions
Artificial Intelligence (AI) ... “ is a computer system that can learn, make decisions, and perform tasks typically needing human intelligence..”
Large Language Models ... " are advanced AI systems designed to understand, interpret, and generate human language, images, audio and video products."
Generative AI ... "is an AI algorithm capable of creating text, images, videos, or other content using generative models, in response to prompts."
“GPT” (generative pre-trained transformer) ... "includes: ChatGPT, ImageGPT, MusicGPT, VideoGPT and more to come.
Generative: The AI generates materials based on an input.
Pre-Training: The AI is pre-trained on a set of data (Large Language Model)
Transformer: The underlying technology code and algorithm that makes the AI work in a particular way."
AI Vocabulary
- Definitions of Key AI Technology Terms OSPI AI Advisory GroupExcellent list of AI Vocabulary, with linked video explainers, from the state of Washington's Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction Website on AI
Keynote on AI in Education
- "The Arrival of the Homework Machine" Justin Reich podcast, 4/25/24Justin spoke at the Connecticut Association of Boards of Education in November of 2023. Jesse Dukes, keynote speaker at our Cyber Camp in July 2024, is leading a project about the experiences of teachers and students with generative AI this school year.
- "The Arrival of the Homework Machine" Justin Reich supporting graphicsJustin spoke at the Connecticut Association of Boards of Education in November of 2023: this is a link to his presentation
Example School AI Chatbot
- Science Olympiad chatbotSchool-AI chatbot Barbara created for Science Olympiad and how it’s using the PDF document that I uploaded as a primary basis for information shared with students, helps them break down and understand the information
Human or AI?
- "AI OR HUMAN ART? Can YOU Actually Tell the DIFFERENCE? Test Yourself!" Olav3d Tutorials, 9/23/23"AI art generators such as Midjourney are now so powerful that it gets harder and harder to tell the difference between human art and AI art. So I made a test to see if you can tell the difference between art made by humans and art made by AI."
- "How to Distinguish AI-Generated Images from Authentic Photographs" N. Kamali et al., Northwestern University, June 2024Excellent guide from Northwestern University on how to detect AI-generated images based on common anomalies.
- "Is It Real? Using Reverse Image Search | Common Sense Education" PBS Learning Media,"How do you know if an online image is real or not? This video from Common Sense Education provides useful guidance on using reverse image search on Google. "
Pros and Cons of AI Image Generation for All:
PROs | CONs
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Chatbots' Warning:
Crafting a Prompt for AI Chatbots (AKA Prompt Engineering)
Exercise: Compare a Google search and AI output to queries about the math concept "order of operations." For a Google Search, one might simply enter "order of operations study guide" and find advertisements for math study guides, ads for tutors, a basic definition of what "Order of Operations" means, and possibly a few examples. A smartly worded prompt using GenAI could be "Create a study guide focused on the Order of Operations that explains the math concepts to a 6th grade student. Include practice problems with step-by-step instructions on how to complete them correctly."
Human or Bot? Text Version
What is AI?
- "What is AI" Common Sense Media videoShort 2-minute video
- "AI Literacy Lessons for Grades 6–12" Common Sense MediaShort videos with lesson plans intended for students in grades 6-12, but note they do seem aimed at a slightly younger audience and are not as nuanced for a high school audience without further accompaniment.
- "Day of AI" CurriculumK-12 lesson ideas for teaching students about AI.
- Library Ready AIA collection of lessons about AI will be share here.
"AI Training"
- Machine Learning & Code.org's "AI for Oceans" interactive gameThis short video from Code.org explains machine learning and is followed by an activity that has users "train" AI to identify fish vs. trash in the oceans. It is meant to show the importance of training AI with data and how this affects the results.
Articles about How AI Works: Neural Networks
- "Google Researchers Are Learning How Machines Learn"--NYT, 3/6/18"Inside a neural network, each neuron works to identify a particular characteristic that might show up in a photo, like a line that curves from right to left at a certain angle or several lines that merge to form a larger shape. Google wants to provide tools that show what each neuron is trying to identify, which ones are successful and how their efforts combine to determine what is actually in the photo — perhaps a dog or a tuxedo or a bird."
- "Finally, a Machine That Can Finish Your Sentence" --NYT, 11/18/18"If Bert can guess the missing words in millions of sentences (such as “the man walked into a store and bought a ____ of milk”), it can also understand many of the fundamental relationships between words in the English language, said Jacob Devlin, the Google researcher who oversaw the creation of Bert. (Bert is short for Bidirectional Encoder Representations from Transformers.) The system can apply this knowledge to other tasks. If researchers provide Bert with a bunch of questions and their answers, it learns to answer other questions on its own. "
- "Understanding neural networks 1: The concept of neurons" Medium, Aleksander Obuchowski , 3/23/19This uses relatable examples to explain how AI works using math and probabilities.
- "A simple guide to the expansive world of artificial intelligence" PopSci , 2/5/23"defining artificial intelligence can get complicated, especially when other terms like “robotics” and “machine learning” get thrown into the mix. To help you understand how these different fields and terms are related to one another, we’ve put together a quick guide. "
- "What Is ChatGPT Doing … and Why Does It Work?" Stephen Wolfram, 2/14/23A lengthy, deep dive into how generative AI works from a scholar who analyzed it, Stephen Wolfram