AI in Pop Culture
This Marvel superhero built an incredibly smart AI assistant named J.A.R.V.I.S. to help him run his high-tech suits.
Who is Iron Man (or Tony Stark)
The company that created the Gemini AI, which also runs the world's most popular search engine and YouTube.
What is Google
The physical parts of a computer, like the screen and keyboard, are called hardware. The coded AI programs are called this.
What is Software
In Minecraft, zombies, creepers, and skeletons are collectively referred to as these "hostile" entities powered by game AI.
What are Mobs
If you use an AI tool to instantly change an email written in English into Spanish or French, you are using it for this purpose.
What is Translation
This golden protocol droid from Star Wars boasts that he is fluent in over 6 million forms of communication.
Who is C-3PO
This company makes the Windows operating system, Xbox, and integrated an AI named Copilot into its software.
What is Microsoft
This popular, beginner-friendly computer coding language named after a type of snake is currently the most used language for building AI.
What is Python
In games like Fortnite, developers sometimes fill matches with these AI-controlled characters to make the game easier for new players.
What are Bots
Doctors are now utilizing AI to quickly scan these types of medical images to detect broken bones or diseases with high accuracy.
What are X-rays (or MRIs / CT Scans)
In this 1999 sci-fi movie, humans are unknowingly plugged into a massive computer simulation run by intelligent machines.
What is The Matrix
Mark Zuckerberg’s company, which owns Instagram, WhatsApp, and virtual reality headsets, recently released "Meta AI."
What is Meta (or Facebook)
When a computer programmer finds an error or mistake in their AI's code, they have to do this to fix it.
What is Debug (or debugging)
This iconic retro arcade game features enemies named Blinky, Pinky, Inky, and Clyde, each programmed with a unique AI chasing behavior.
What is Pac-Man
Scammers sometimes use AI to write highly convincing fake emails pretending to be a bank in order to trick people into giving up these secret codes.
What are Passwords
In Disney's WALL-E, this villainous, red-eyed AI steering wheel tries to stop the captain from returning to Earth.
Who is AUTO
This major tech brand, famous for the Mac and iPad, recently announced a suite of features called "Intelligence" for its devices.
What is Apple
The "brain" of the computer that processes all the complex math and AI calculations is called the CPU, which stands for Central Processing _____.
What is Unit
Instead of human artists drawing every single tree or cave, games like No Man's Sky use AI algorithms to instantly build worlds, a process called Procedural _______.
What is Generation
A major societal concern is that as AI and robotics become more advanced, they might eventually replace humans in doing these.
What are Jobs (or Careers / Work)
This large, inflatable, marshmallow-like robot from Big Hero 6 uses a healthcare database to scan and heal people.
Who is Baymax
This electric car company, run by Elon Musk, develops advanced self-driving software and a humanoid robot named Optimus.
What is Tesla
In coding, this is the term for a sequence of instructions that repeats over and over again until a certain condition is met.
What is a Loop
In this Nintendo franchise, "Amiibo" figures can be scanned to drop CPU fighters into your game that use machine learning to adapt to your combat style.
What is Super Smash Bros.
Farmers use AI-powered drones to fly over massive fields to check on the health of these.
What are Crops (or Plants / Harvests)