UK Lesson Plan

How Is AI Trained? (UK)

How does data determine what artificial intelligence can do?

Age

11–18

Time

20 mins.

Objectives

  • Understand that data is a building block of artificial intelligence.
  • Identify what AI can do based on the data it is trained on.

Vocabulary

data . input . output
data any type of information that can be collected, categorized, and analyzed
input the data an AI application uses to learn or to perform a task
output the final result or creation of an AI system, based on what it was asked to do and using its existing inputs
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If your students are not familiar with what artificial intelligence is, we suggest teaching the What Is AI? lesson, or showing the What Is AI? video first.

Lesson Plan

20 mins.

Have your learners keep a journal of the types of data that might be generated by their actions online. Ask them to write down the types of tasks AI could be trained to do based 
on this data.

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