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Secondary school maths showing that AI systems don't think

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  • #machine learning
  • #maths curriculum
  • #AI education
  • Secondary school maths can be used to demystify AI and show that AI systems don't 'think'.
  • CAMMP researchers developed teaching materials to explain AI using school-based maths.
  • Workshops include contexts like privacy in social networks and personalized Netflix recommendations.
  • Students learn about support vector machines using traffic light classification.
  • Social and ethical issues of AI are discussed, including bias and data diversity.
  • A 'toy ANN' is introduced to explain artificial neural networks as mathematical functions.
  • AI education benefits maths by making it more relevant and interdisciplinary.
  • Resources include Jupyter notebooks and simulations for interactive learning.
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