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Week 05 · Rules or Learning?

Friday

Rules and learning around us
// Two ways to build a helper
⏱ about 15 min

Friday: Rules and Learning Around Us

Rocket's little cousin is visiting the station. Rocket teaches him to sort laundry. "Socks go here!"

The cousin keeps mixing socks with mittens. So Rocket holds up five socks. "See? Like these."

Raven watches. "What do you notice? You switched from rules to examples!"

Nova bobs happily. "People learn both ways too," she hints. "So which way did the cousin like?"

People learn both ways

People learn from rules: "Wash your hands before you eat."

People also learn from examples. You learned what a dog is by seeing many dogs.

Computers can use rules or learn from examples too.

But AI does not think the way a person does. It finds patterns in data.

RULE OR EXAMPLE?
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
A coach says, "Always tie your shoes before you run." Rule or example?
You watch your friend tie a knot five times, then you try. Rule or example?
Rocket holds up five socks to show what a sock is. Rule or example?
Week reviewTrue or false?
An if-then rule has a test and an action.?
Machine learning finds patterns in data.?
Learning from examples needs a huge number of examples.?
Rules are always better than examples.?
AI thinks exactly the way a person does.?
WHY THIS EXERCISERules and learning both have strengths, and AI finds patterns in data.
Finding patterns in data is machine ____.
Rules are checked from the ____.
Examples are usually given by ____.

What comes next for the photo pile

Rocket's rules kept breaking on tricky photos.

So the crew will try learning from examples next week.

They need many photos, each with the right label. Those are called training data.

THE CREW'S PLAN
  • Tap a card.
  • Then tap its spot.
1First
2Next
3Then
4Last
PLAN CHECK
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
Why does the crew want to try examples?
What do we call many example photos, each with the right label?
WHY THIS EXERCISETraining data is what a learning model learns from.
Try it
Teach someone at home a new word using only examples.
Point at three things that fit the word. Do not explain it.
Can they guess what the word means?

Wonderful week, explorer! Tomorrow your family plays the Secret Rule game.

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