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Week 01 · What Is AI?

Wednesday

Explorer Lab: Be the sorter
// Guesses, suggestions and choices
⏱ about 15 min

Wednesday: Explorer Lab: Be the Sorter

Rocket dumps ten photo cards on the table. "Today, you are the sorting helper," he says.

Raven lines up three boxes: rock, plant and tool.

"What do you notice about each card before you choose?" she asks.

Nova blinks softly. "Say your guess out loud first," she hints. "Then make your choice."

Your mission

You will draw ten photo cards. Then you will sort them like a helper.

For each card, you will make a guess and then a choice.

A grown-up will check your sorting at the end.

  • 10 index cards or squares of paper
  • Crayons or colored pencils (green, brown, gray and black)
  • 3 small paper labels: rock, plant, tool
  • A pencil
  • A grown-up helper
Safety first
Use only paper, crayons and pencils.
Carry pencils with the point down.
Clean up the cards when you finish.
  1. Ask a grown-up to draw ten photo cards in secret. Each shows a rock, plant or tool.
  2. The grown-up writes the right box on the back of each card.
  3. Put the three labels in a row on the table.
  4. Pick up one card. Say your guess out loud.
  5. Place the card under one label. That is your choice.
  6. Sort all ten cards.
  7. Flip the cards over. Count how many you sorted right.
CardWhat I seeMy guessRight? (yes or no)
1
2
3
4
5

Copy this table on paper. Add rows for cards 6 to 10.

MAKE A PREDICTION
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
Before you start, predict. How many of the ten will you sort right?

Look at your results

Count your right cards and your wrong cards.

Wrong cards are not bad. They show where the pictures were tricky.

Real AI makes mistakes too. People look at the mistakes to make it better.

Rocket sorted 10 cards. 8 were right. How many were wrong?
Raven sorted 10 cards. 7 were right. How many were wrong?
What we learnedTrue or false?
A wrong card shows where sorting was tricky.?
You made a guess before each choice.?
A grown-up checked the answers on the back.?
Real AI never makes mistakes.?
WHY THIS EXERCISEChecking the answers shows how good the sorting was, for people and for AI.
Which card was hardest to sort? Type the box it belonged in.
WHY THIS EXERCISENoticing the hard cards helps us plan a better sorting model.

You were a real sorting helper today! Tomorrow we compare AI with ordinary programs.

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