Assignment 1a

When you hear the words “Artificial Intelligence”, what are the first four things that come to your mind?

• advertising/data
• algorithms
• media production
• feed reccomendations

Think about the devices and/or digital services you use daily. Write below a list of the top three that are present in your life.

• phone
• laptop
• Citi bike

See if you can recall a similar moment and write about it below:

• A lot of cool people I am inspired by on Instagram are suggested via Instagram--or friends, either way, I hate that Instagram is so good at helping me know people.

Functions of AI things:

• Email inbox: automatically sorting spam.
• Check depositing: fraud detection.
• Texting and mobile keyboards: word recommendations.
• Netflix: Netflix is the king of recommendations. Too bad they don't have anything good anymore.
• Google: Suggestions for news and other media.
• Social media: friend recommendations.
• Automated message systems: Finding ways to sound human.

What do we gain by having AI in our everyday lives?:

• A lot of mundane tasks are much easier or nonexistent. Sometimes, people's needs are met when they otherwise wouldn't.

What do we lose by having AI in our daily lives?:

• Genuine interactions, free will, small communities.

Use the prompts below to help design an AI system:

• problem: food distribution.
• how can ai help: analyze food resource data.
• human role: providing data and monitoring analysis-also being ethical and aware of complex context.
• data I need: food resource data.
• data gathering: Use census data. Encourage people to participate in it. Or get people to agree to laws that give up most of their privacy without knowing it.

flow chart: flow chart