code.org releases AI activity
Dave Touretzky 08 Dec 2019 13:39 PST
In preparation for this year's upcoming Hour of Code, code.org has
released an AI activity called "AI for Oceans" that examines the topics
of machine learning and AI for social good. Here is the blog post
announcing the activity:
https://medium.com/@codeorg/ai-for-oceans-a-csforgood-activity-14ef6ebd8178
And here is a link to the activity itself:
https://studio.code.org/s/oceans
Code.org is also developing a series of AI-related videos, the first of
which deals with machine learning and the issue of bias:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2mRoFNm22g
Slashdot has published an interesting critical view of the AI for Oceans
activity, comparing it to Mark Zuckerberg's FaceMash which was modeled
after the "Hot or Not" web site popular in the early 2000s. Is it okay
to judge a fish by its looks? Read the discussion here:
https://news.slashdot.org/story/19/12/06/2216206/hour-of-code-will-teach-kids-how-to-use-ai-to-judge-who-is-awesome-or-not
-- Dave