Programming Basics
A character, like an animal or an object, in a Scratch program
What is a sprite?
Technology that allows computers to simulate human thinking
What is AI? (artificial intelligence)
The belief that you can improve through effort and practice
A step-by-step procedure an AI uses to solve a problem
What is an AI algorithm?
This is the study of right and wrong decisions
What is ethics?
A step-by-step set of instructions a computer follows
What is an algorithm?
Talking to a device in human language, like Siri or Alexa, instead of typing commands
What is natural interaction?
This mindset says, "I'm not good at this and I never will be."
What is fixed mindset?
Making something work better or more efficiently
What is optimization?
This is a tool used to explore how technology can affect different groups
What is an ethical matrix?
A loop that never stops running
What is a forever loop? (or an infinite loop)
This is why AI might misunderstand a user
Human language can be ambiguous or unclear
This mindset would help a student who struggles with coding but keeps trying different solutions.
What is growth mindset?
What is robotics?
This is why we need to think about ethics while designing AI
What is, technology can have a real impact on people and communities?
A block that runs code only when something happens (like clicking a button)
What is an event?
This is the name of an AI that can speak informally with a user
What is a chatbot? (or virtual assistant)
This is why persistence is important in computer science.
What is, bugs and errors sometimes take multiple tries to fix?
This is the one more likely to be optimized, between a route with 10 unnecessary turns, or one with 2 turns
What is the route with two turns?
This is one group that might be impacted by an AI system
What are users, companies, families, and/or schools? (other answers possible)
Code that checks if a condition is true or false and then makes a decision
What is an if-statement? (or conditional)
This is what makes AI "responsible"
What is being fair, safe, and helpful and/or minimizing bias?
This is an example of a fixed mindset statement turning into a growth mindset statement.
What is, "I'm not good at this" -> "I haven't learned yet"? (multiple correct answers)
This is why engineers optimize algorithms
What is to save time, resources, and/or improve performance?
This is the ethical concern raised when an AI works well for some people but works poorly for another group of people
What is fairness and/or bias?