Friday, April 5, 2019

Week of April 8th - 12th, 2019

Monday:
Color wars dress-up: dress in 1960's fashion

Begin new unit: "Introduction to AI and Robotics"

Essential Questions:
  • Can a computer be intelligent? Have feelings? Be conscious? Are there limitations on what a computer can do?
  • How are intelligent machines changing the world?
"Thinking about AI" homework due at beginning of class.

Begin AI/Robotics videos, as time allows:
"Smartest Machine on Earth" (NOVA episode) (52:14)
Dancing Sony Robots (3:26)
High Speed Robotic Hand (3:00)
The Latest Version of the LittleDog Robot (2:17)
Introducing Spot (2:15)
Testing Robustness (1:03)
Atlas, the Next Generation (2:41)
What's new, Atlas? (0:57)
Parkour Atlas (0:30)
Introducing Handle (1:36)
Sebastian Thrun - Google's Driverless Car (4:14)
MIT's Nexi MDS Robot - First Test of Expression (1:12)
How Smart is Today's Artificial Intelligence? (PBS) (9:03)
Google Duplex - haircut appointment (2:10)
Google Duplex - restaurant reservation (0:54)
Humans Need Not Apply (15:00) It's the end of the world. . . 
How Smart is Today's Artificial Intelligence? (Vox) (7:52) or maybe not. . . 

extras:
Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence: Crash Course  (11:50) Great approachable but not dumbed-down introduction to some aspects of machine learning.
A Swarm of Nano Quadrotors (1:43)
RoboBees - Design Poses Intriguing Engineering Challenge (2:20)
AI vs AI, Two Chatbots Talking to Each Other (1:24)
"The Future of Robotics and Artificial Intelligence" (Andrew Ng, a machine learning expert from Stanford) (16:26)

Tuesday:
Introduce AI/Robotics paper and presentation
continue with AI/Robotics videos


Wednesday:
Color wars dress-up: Dynamic duos/terrific trios day
Final JSUMC rotation

Thursday:
Color wars dress-up: benevolent character from a fairy tale
Code reviews for Guessing Game project, start "Robotics and AI Paper: Getting Started" assignment
Guessing game project with code review due by end of lunch

Friday:
Color wars dress-up: wear gray proudly!
Everyone working on "Robotics and AI Paper: Getting Started"
Knee replacement DL 8:45