Presentations on a topic related to artificial intelligence
This assignment has two parts:
- Alone or as a team, develop a presentation about a topic of your choice and present it to the class. If you worked in a group, the presentation will be delivered by the whole group.
- Write an essay about the topic of your presentation. If you presented with a group, each member of the group needs to write their own essay.
The presentation
- 10-12 minutes
- If you worked as a group, the presentation should be delivered by the whole group. Make sure that everybody gets to contribute to the presentation.
- By default, I expect slides, but if you think that some other mode of presentation (for instance, drawing on the board, explanation via a physical prop, an activity for the class, ...) would be better to get your point across, you should go for it. If you are not totally sure, talk to me before planning your presentation.
- Talk to me if you need pointers to material. And come talk to me if you have material but have trouble understanding it.
Your presentation should not just be a listing of examples. There should be one main point that you make and provide evidence for or one main question that you answer. There should also be at least one AI concept for which you explain how it works. That is, it is not enough to just show applications of AI, you also have to explain how they work. Come talk to me with an outline of your presentation, if you want some feedback on the structure of the presentation or if you are unsure about the level of detail required when explaining how things work.
The essay
- 3-5 pages
- written individually
Like the presentation, your essay should not just be a listing of examples. It should make a specific claim and argue for it or it should answer one specific question. And it should not only describe applications of AI, but explain how they work.
Submit on Blackboard
Upload your group's slides onto Blackboard by Friday of week 10. (Each group only needs to upload the slides once.)
Upload your essay onto Blackboard by the last day of finals, that is Thursday of finals week.