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Module 1.3: How Does AI Work?

Nudle January 29, 2025
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Think of AI as a student learning to solve problems. It works in these steps:

  1. Learning with Examples


AI learns by studying a lot of examples.

  1. Example: To teach AI to recognize apples, you show it thousands of apple photos.
  2. Finding Patterns
    AI notices patterns in the examples.
  3. Example: Apples are round, have stems, and are often red or green.
  • Making Decisions


AI uses these patterns to make guesses or decisions.

  1. Example: When AI sees a new fruit that’s round and green (or other apple colours), it might say, “That’s an apple!”
  2. Getting Smarter Over Time
    If AI makes a mistake (e.g., calling a pear an apple), it updates its learning and improves for the future.
  3. Example: After being corrected, the AI learns that pears are more elongated.

Analogy:
AI is like teaching a toddler. At first, they might confuse a dog with a cat, but the more examples you show, the better they get at recognizing the difference.