9th Grade Agi Lesson Plan (Science)

Topic: Introduction to AGI

Objectives & Outcomes

• By the end of the lesson, the student will be able to define AGI and provide a basic overview of the field, including its subfields and main challenges.

Materials

• Slides or presentation on AGI
• Whiteboard and markers
• Handouts with further reading materials

Warm-up

• Ask the students if they have heard about artificial intelligence (AI) before. What do they think it is?
• Write their answers on the whiteboard.
• Ask the students if they know what AGI is. What do they think it is?
• Write their answers on the whiteboard.

Direct Instruction

• Explain that AGI is the field of research that aims to create artificial general intelligence, which is a computer that is capable of the same types of intelligences that humans have (e.g. cognitive intelligence, emotional intelligence, social intelligence).
• Explain that there are different approaches to creating AGI, and that the different approaches have different timelines for when they think AGI will be created.
• Explain that there are two main approaches to creating AGI: bottom-up and top-down.
• Bottom-up approaches try to create individual components of intelligence and then try to put them together to create a more complete system. Examples of bottom-up approaches include artificial neural networks and deep learning.
• Top-down approaches try to create a complete model of human intelligence from the start. Examples of top-down approaches include symbolic approaches and cognitive architectures.
• Explain that there are also different timelines for when AGI will be created, ranging from the near-term (within the next few decades) to the far-future (after the year 2100).
• The class can discuss the different approaches to creating AGI and the different timelines for when it will be created.

Guided Practice:

• Have students work in small groups to create a Venn diagram that compares and contrasts the bottom-up and top-down approaches to creating AGI.
• Have each group present their Venn diagram to the class.

Independent Practice:

• For their project, have students choose one of the approaches to creating AGI and create a simple AI character using that approach.
• Students can choose to create an AI character using a computer game or virtual world as their medium.

Closure

• Have students share their AGI characters with the class and discuss the different approaches and challenges they faced during the project.

Assessment

• Observe students during the guided and independent practice activities to evaluate their understanding of the principles and techniques of AGI.
• Collect and grade their AGI characters as a final assessment of their understanding of the material.