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Humans and computers: different strengths

Computing · Artificial Intelligence · ages 7-9
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  1. Mia feels concern when Sam is hurt. Which choice describes that feeling?

    • Saving a list of names in a file
    • Repeating a calculation many times
    • Caring about a friend's pain

  2. Which task is a computer usually much faster at than a person working without a calculator?

    • Adding a list of 1,000 numbers
    • Deciding how a friend wants comfort
    • Choosing what matters most in your life

  3. A computer does not feel bored when repeating a task, but it still needs electricity to keep running.

    Circle one:   True   False

  4. This made-up test counts numbers copied correctly. Who has the higher result in this test?

    Person7Computer15
    • The computer in this test
    • They copied the same number correctly
    • The person in this test

  5. What does the judge try to do in a simplified Turing Test?

    • Measure which hidden partner can lift the heavier box
    • Tell the person from the computer using typed replies
    • Count all the wires inside each hidden partner's room

  6. In this made-up copying test, a person has 6 correct copies and a computer has 12. How many more correct copies does the computer have?

    Person6Computer12

    Answer: ______________

  7. Ravi reads replies from a hidden person and computer. He cannot tell which is which in this chat. What does this result support?

    • The computer proved it experiences all human emotions
    • The computer proved it is better than people at every task
    • The computer's replies sounded human to Ravi in this chat

  8. An AI writes a poem with sad words. What can we conclude from those words alone?

    • It must be experiencing sadness while writing the poem
    • It produced sad language, without proving a feeling
    • It must make every person who reads the poem feel sad
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  1. Caring about a friend's pain · Concern for a hurt friend is care. Storing information and repeating calculations do not describe that feeling.
  2. Adding a list of 1,000 numbers · A computer can carry out a long calculation quickly. Care and personal judgement are different tasks.
  3. True · Not feeling bored does not mean a computer can run without power.
  4. The computer in this test · Fifteen correct copies is more than seven. This describes only the made-up test.
  5. Tell the person from the computer using typed replies · The judge uses a text conversation to try to identify the human and computer.
  6. 6 · Subtract the smaller result from the larger: 12 minus 6 equals 6 more correct copies.
  7. The computer's replies sounded human to Ravi in this chat · This result concerns one chat. It does not prove human feelings or skill at every task.
  8. It produced sad language, without proving a feeling · Words about an emotion do not establish that the program experiences that emotion.
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