Tom Vander Ark writes about the future of learning, work and human development. Here we have his thoughts on how to teach Artificial intelligence (AI).
Artificial intelligence – code that learns – is likely to be humankind’s most important invention. It’s a 60-year-old idea that took off five years ago when fast chips enabled massive computing and sensors, cameras, and robots fed data-hungry algorithms.
A World Economic Forum report indicated that 89% of U.S.-based companies are planning to adopt user and entity big data analytics by 2022, while more than 70% want to integrate the Internet of Things, explore web and app-enabled markets, and take advantage of machine learning and cloud computing.
[AI4K12] is an initiative of leading computer scientists that have identified five big ideas that every student should know about AI:
- Computers perceive the world using sensors
- Agents maintain representations of the world and use them for reasoning
- Computers can learn from data
- Intelligent agents require many types of knowledge to interact naturally with humans
- AI applications can impact society in both positive and negative ways
Given these important and rapid shifts, it’s a good time to consider what young people need to know about AI and information technology. You will find plenty of links to free AI courses in this article. Excellent!
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