12th Grade Ai And The Future Of Humanity Lesson Plan (Ai)

Topic: AI and the future of humanity

Objectives & Outcomes

• Students will be able to understand the potential impact of AI on humanity, and how it could be used for good or bad.

Materials

• AI-related videos, images, articles, etc. (optional)
• whiteboard and markers

Warm-up

• Ask the students if they have heard of AI before and what they know about it. Write their answers on the whiteboard and discuss as a class.

Direct Introduction

• Define artificial intelligence and explain its goals.
• Discuss the potential risks and benefits of AI, and how it could affect humanity in the future.
• Use current examples of AI to illustrate your points.

Guided Questions:

• How will AI affect the job market?
• How could AI be used for the greater good?
• Do you think AI will ever surpass human intelligence? Why or why not?

Essay:

• Using what you have learned about AI, write a 500-word essay discussing how it could affect humanity in the future.

Slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1t4d4YWyG8DvSbMumt3fq3_Fllz8KjY4RZJMaX9nQWKc/edit?usp=sharing

Start time: 5:30 PM

End time: 6:30 PM

Location: Hill Center at the Old Naval Hospital, Floor 2 Conference Room, 701 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20001

AI and the Future of Humanity

Abstract

As developments in Artificial Intelligence (AI) begin to reach critical mass, the discussion of its potential to impact humanity has moved into the mainstream. Advocates of AI like Demis Hassabis of Google’s DeepMind tout AI as mankind’s “ultimate tool,” while skeptics like Stephen Hawking warn that it “could spell the end of the human race.” In this talk, I will discuss how AI is likely to affect humanity and what we can do to ensure that it will be a force for good and not for evil.

Title: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Humanity

Date: Tuesday, February 1, 2016

Time: 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

Location: Hill Center at the Old Naval Hospital, Floor 2 Conference Room, 701 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20001

Abstract

As developments in Artificial Intelligence (AI) begin to reach critical mass, the discussion of its potential to impact humanity has moved into the mainstream. Advocates of AI like Demis Hassabis of Google’s DeepMind tout AI as mankind’s “ultimate tool,” while skeptics like Stephen Hawking warn that it “could spell the end of the human race.” In this talk, I will discuss how AI is likely to affect humanity and what we can do to ensure that it will be a force for good and not for evil.

Program

6:30 pm Introductions and overview of event

6:35 pm Evgeny Morozov, “AI and the age of perfection”

6:50 pm Panel I, moderated by Andrew McLaughlin, “Artificial Intelligence and the future of humanity” with:

7:10 pm Break

7:20 pm Panel II, moderated by Nader Hashemi, “The impact of AI on employment and inequality” with:

7:35 pm Panel III, moderated by Andrew Cash, “The impact of AI on politics” with:

7:50 pm Q&A, concluded by Evgeny Morozov

8:10 pm Adjournment

Panel I: Artificial Intelligence and the future of humanity

Moderator: Andrew McLaughlin

Panelists:

Lucy Shanahan: Founder and CEO, Lucy Shanahan Consulting

Andrew Cash: Co-founder, Digital Democracy

Nader Hashemi: Director, Center for Middle East Studies and professor, University of Denver

Toby Walsh: ARC Laureate Fellow, professor of AI at The University of New South Wales

Title: Future of AI: Promises and Perils

Date: Thursday, January 28, 2016

Time: 5:30 pm - 7:30pm

Location: Wilson Center, Room C, One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Washington D.C.

Description:

Press Release: https://web.archive.org/web/20160130003601/http://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/future-ai-promises-and-perils?utm_content=bufferf808a&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Panelists

Future of AI: Promises and Perils

Thursday, January 28, 2016 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM

Room C, Wilson Center

One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Washington D.C.

Panelists:

Peter Norvig, director of research at Google and former director of search quality at Google.

Javier Moreno, co-founder of AI2 and IBM Distinguished Engineer.

Toby Walsh, Professor of AI at the University of New South Wales and founder and international coordinator of AIopens.

Tom Dietterich, director of the Oregon State University automation and robotics lab.

Moderator:

Rossspan: Potentially Dangerous AI

Organizer:

Peter Lau: Global AI Leader, PwC

Description:

Join us for a global discussion about the future potential of AI and the risks and challenges that come with it