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WEEK 1 · Meet AI 🤖

What is AI?

AI means Artificial Intelligence. Big words! Here is the easy way to say it: AI is a computer that learns, just like you. You learned what a mango looks like by seeing lots of mangoes. AI learns the same way, by looking at lots and lots of examples.

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Watch & Play Teach Robby the Robot 🤖

This is Robby. Robby does not know what a mango is yet! The mangoes grow on the tree, and you get to feed them to Robby's brain.

How to play
  1. Press the big "Show Robby mangoes 🥭" button. Watch the mangoes fly from the tree into Robby.
  2. Press it two more times. Watch Robby's brain meter fill up and his smile grow!
  3. When his brain is full, press "Quiz Robby! ❓" and see if he learned.
Robby's brain is empty. Show him some mangoes!

Mini Game You Be the Teacher! 🍉

Now YOU teach the computer, just like you taught Robby. This is called training.

How to play
  1. Look at all the fruit squares below. Some are mangoes 🥭 and some are not.
  2. Tap ALL the mangoes. Tapped squares turn blue. (Tapped one by mistake? Tap it again to un-tap.)
  3. Press the "Teach! 🧠" button to see how well your computer learned.
  4. Green squares are right. Red squares are mix-ups. Try until they are ALL green!

👨‍👩‍👧 Parent Learn-Along · Week 1

The one idea this week: AI is software that learns from examples instead of being given step-by-step rules. When your child taps the mangoes above, they are doing what real AI engineers call "labelling training data."

  • Dinner-table question: "How did you learn what a dog looks like? Did somebody give you rules, or did you just see plenty dogs?" That is exactly how AI learns.
  • In class this week: the mentors walk the children through the Pre-Teens Lecture 1 slides and play the Flood Prediction game together on a shared screen.
  • Homework: after the session, you and your child will get an email with the homework instructions. The homework is assessed, and the best Flood AI Model wins a prize.

🏠 Week 1 Home Missions

1. The Flood Game (with a grown-up). 🌊 Play the Flood Prediction game below. You get to build an AI that warns people before a flood comes, like a superhero weather helper for Jamaica! Ask a grown-up to sit with you.

Play the Flood Prediction game →

2. Robot hunt (Tuesday). 🔍 Find 3 machines in your house that seem smart (the TV that suggests shows, a phone that knows your face). Tell your family about them.

3. Draw your robot (Thursday). 🖍️ Draw a robot helper for your community. What problem does it fix? Bring your drawing to Friday's session.

🏆 Best Flood AI Model wins a prize! Your homework instructions come by email to you and your parents after class.

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