What is a Computer?
Laptop
Tablet
Smartphone
Nintendo Switch
Smart TV
Wi-Fi Router
Bluetooth Speaker
Printer
Microwave
Car
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What is a computer?
- Does math
- Follows instructions step by step
Minecraft from Math?
- behavior
- graphics
Key Components
- CPU - Central Processing Unit (the brain)
- Memory - RAM and Storage
- Input Devices - Keyboard, Mouse, etc.
- Output Devices - Monitor, Printer, etc.
Questions?
Types of Computers
- Desktops
- Laptops
- Tablets
- Smartphones
- Servers
Server blade
Server rack
Undersea Cables
Undersea Cable Landing
Starlink Internet
Starlink Internet
Questions?
What is AI?
Artificial Intelligence
Systems that can perform tasks typically requiring human intelligence
"Anything that a computer does"
Chat bot, voice assistant
Predicting the Next Word
"The fox jumped ___"
- over
- high
- quickly
- into
Group Activity
Let's build a sentence, one word per person
"The ..."How does an AI make a sentence?
- AIs build sentences by putting words next to each other one by one
- They copy ways they've seen words appear together before
- They predict what word comes next in a sequence
ChatGPT Demo
Can AIs be wrong?
- AIs make predictions based on patterns
- They don't "know" facts, they predict probabilities
- They can be confidently incorrect
- They reflect biases in their training data
Can humans be wrong?
- Yes, humans make mistakes
- We have biases and blind spots
- We can be overconfident
- We sometimes believe things that aren't true
How do we know if something is true?
- Evidence and observation
- Expert opinion
- Critical thinking and skepticism
Thank You!
Questions?