The Royal Institution - Christmas Lectures 2023 - The truth about AI
The Royal Institution's 2023 Christmas Lectures - The truth about AI, will take place in December 2023 and will be broadcast on the BBC later in the month. This collection of resources from the STEM Learning digital resource collection can support the themes addressed in this three lectures series presented by Professor Mike Wooldridge with the support of other eminent speakers in the field.
The lectures will explore the big questions facing AI and unravel the myths about how this ground-breaking technology really works.
The themes to be covered are:
- Comparing how artificial intelligence works and learns, with how the human brain functions, focussing on artifical neural networks which are inspired by neural structures in the brain.
- Explaining the recent rise in the use of generative AI to produce text, image or video based content.
- The existing role of AI in: healthcare, creative industries like art and music, and gaming
- How driverless cars and robots navigate their surroundings
- The risks of AI and the future of this technology
Further details about the lectures can be found on the Royal Institution website.
Resources
Filter
Subject
Age
Type
Showing 14 result(s)
Understanding Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence - video collection
This collection of STEM Learning videos explores the world of artificial intelligence, machine learning and computing. Taking a deep dive into AIs place in our world and what the future might hold. AI and machine learning are useful tools, developing rapidly and are around us every day, from ChatGPT, apps on mobile...
Debate kit - will the benefits of AI outweigh its risks?
Using the AI debate kit, students explore the benefits and risks that AI poses to individuals and society, now and in the future. What decisions should be made by AI? What data is needed to support these decisions? Does AI pose a threat to our own intelligence or bolster it?
The different ‘rounds’ of the...
Introduction to the Grand Challenge resources
Popular resource
STEM Clubs Artificial Intelligence resource
Artificial intelligence (AI) is a disruptive technology, meaning that it is significantly changing the way that people, businesses, and industry interact. To put it in context, the invention of the wheel, electricity, TV, and GPS are all disruptive technologies that changed the way in which society worked.
...
Pages
| Subject(s) | Computing |
|---|---|
| Age | 11-14, 14-16, 16-19, FE/HE |
| Published | 2020 to date |
| Published by | |
| Collections | |
| Direct URL | https://www.stem.org.uk/cxj9j7 |
