I am the teaching assistant of Artificial Intelligence course which is being introduced for the first time in my Uni.
I have worked on Robocup 2D Soccer for a year. There are basically two projects from which students have to decide : Robocup 2D Soccer and Angry Birds AI. They are worth 80% of the grade.
We are two weeks into the course right now and the lectures till now have been majorly philosophical. I can sense the interest being lost. The last topic which was taught was the Turing Test.
Are there any videos, articles, small programming exercises, TED talks or any material which I could use to generate interest in students and get them excited. The 80% project is going to be very tough and lengthy but I want the remaining 20% to be something which is really fun and able to generate interest and get them excited.
Can you suggest any thing interesting which people being introduced to AI should know or learn. Something which doesn't take a lot of time (a lecture maybe). Anything?
Also, the students are from 4th and 3rd year of college and pursuing a degree in ICT and have a very good programming level.
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