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.

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The Emotion Machine

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Subject:  Computing

By creating their own paper ‘robot face’, students learn about how high-level language is translated into low-level machine instructions. The resource, created by Paul Curzon and Peter McOwan of the CS4FN team, covers sequencing in programs, compilers and interpreters. A detailed instruction sheet guides the...

Careers in robotics

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Subject:  Careers Computing Design and technology Engineering

This poster displays quotes from STEM Ambassadors who use robotics in their role:

  • Researcher
  • Offshore Renewables Energy Engineer
  • Artificial Intelligence Engineer

CS4FN Issue 18

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Subject:  Computing

This edition of Computer Science for fun asks ‘Can Machines be Creative?’ The articles inside include:

  • The work of Ada Lovelace
  • Playfulness and creativity
  • The letter-writing algorithm that dare not speak its name
  • Teaching computers – a parent-child relationship
  • ...

Biometrics in schools

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Subject:  Computing Impact of technology Science Biology

This unit introduces students to the different types of biometrics and how they can be used to identify an individual. It highlights how data derived from the measurement of individuals' biological characteristics can be used positively, but also how the collection, control, use and potential misuse of biometric...

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Subject(s)Computing
Age11-14, 14-16, 16-19, FE/HE
Published2020 to date
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