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Youth Time Magazine: The Impact of Technology on the Future of Work

For Students 9th - 10th
An interview with David Timis who studies the impact of artificial intelligence on the future of work. He discusses how youth can prepare themselves. Includes a 30-minute video. (Published August 30, 2020)
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Harvard University

The Harvard Gazette: Trailblazing Initiative Marries Ethics, Tech

For Students 9th - 10th
First in a four-part series that taps the expertise of the Harvard community to examine the promise and potential pitfalls of the rising age of artificial intelligence and machine learning, and how to humanize it. Students are asked to...
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Education Services Australia: Digital Technologies Hub: Systems Thinking and Ai Applications

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson takes a systems thinking approach to understanding the place of artificial intelligence (AI) as a component within solutions to real-world problems.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: The Start Natural Language Question Answering System

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains information about and example of a natural language artificial intelligence system.
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Carnegie Mellon University

Carnegie Mellon: What Is a Fuzzy Expert System?

For Students 9th - 10th
This site defines what a fuzzy expert system is and provides examples.
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Can Machines Read Your Emotions?

For Students 9th - 10th
Computers can beat us in board games, transcribe speech, and instantly identify almost any object. But will future robots go further by learning to figure out what we're feeling? Kostas Karpouzis imagines a future where machines and the...
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: The Turing Test: Can a Computer Pass for a Human?

For Students 9th - 10th
What is consciousness? Can an artificial machine really think? For many, these have been vital considerations for the future of artificial intelligence. But British computer scientist Alan Turing decided to disregard all these questions...
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Can Robots Be Creative?

For Students 9th - 10th
People have been grappling with the question of artificial creativity- alongside the question of artificial intelligence- for over 170 years. For instance, could we program machines to create high quality original music? And if we do, is...
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Make Robots Smarter

For Students 9th - 10th
There are three major rules that we want our robots to follow: do not harm a human, obey us, and protect us. The prerequisite for these rules? We need to make robots smarter. Ayanna Howard explains how robots can become smarter (hint: it...
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PBS

Pbs: Who Made America?: Innovators: Ray Kurzweil

For Students 9th - 10th
A prodigy from Queens created hardware and software to help blind people read and musicians make music. His inventions, writings, and influential thinking have explored and exploited technology in many ways, and helped shape ongoing work...
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Other

Artificial Intelligence Depot

For Students 9th - 10th
The Artificial Intelligence Depot resource contains general information and a listing of publications about artificial intelligence.
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Other

Welcome to Ai Topics: Home Page

For Students 9th - 10th
A site run by the American Association for Artificial Intelligence. Provides information on a number of AI topics, including Expert Systems. A great site for students and teachers.
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Other

Isaac Asimov Home Page

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource covers every aspect of Asimov's prolific writing career. Biographical information, movie connections, short story collections, lists of Asmiov's works are all here.
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Welcome to Genetic Programming: Homepage

For Students 9th - 10th
A very comprehensive site from genetic-programming.org that has theses, essays, articles, and links all relating to genetic programming.
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New York Times

New York Times: Robotic Vehicles Race

For Students 9th - 10th
An article about the latest in robotic vehicle technology. Click on link to a classroom lesson plan.
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Famous Scientists

Famous Scientists: Alan Turing

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out how Alan Turing became widely considered to be the father of theoretical computer science and artificial intelligence.
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Stanford University

Many Valued Logic/stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains the logical theory of "many-valued logic," a modern alternative to classic logic. Sections address its history, notation and proofs, and applications to linguistics, mathematics, philosophy, and artificial intelligence. For the...
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Monash University: Prolog Tutorial

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief tutorial for the Prolog programming language, with a "toy" online Prolog interpreter.
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Other

Webopedia.com: Artificial Intelligence

For Students 9th - 10th
Includes a concise definition of artificial intelligence and an explanation of the different areas in which artificial intelligence is used.
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Stanford University

Stanford University: What Is Artificial Intelligence?

For Students 9th - 10th
An overview of artificial intelligence (AI), the different branches of AI, applications of artificial intelligence, and the like.
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Smith College: Talk to Me

For Students 6th - 8th
Experience engineering by applying science and math in the service of humanity through a story. Read the online novel, interact with the characters, and explore some engineering concepts.
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University of Michigan

University of Michigan: The Lisp Programming Language

For Students 9th - 10th
A description of the Lisp programming language, including history and sample programs.
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University of Michigan

University of Michigan: Lisp Programming Language

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore he Lisp programming language.
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Activity
University of Michigan

University of Michigan: The Prolog Programming Language

For Students 9th - 10th
A description of the Prolog programming language, including history and program samples.