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AI: a clue machine

Lumi wants to sort space-station messages. One tool follows rules; another finds patterns in examples.

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  1. 1

    AI includes different techniques. Many models learn patterns by adjusting numbers using examples.

  2. 2

    A written rule can say: highlight messages containing URGENT. That differs from learning from classified messages.

  3. 3

    A prediction can be wrong. This path uses prepared scenarios: no AI model is running.

  4. 4

    Before choosing AI, ask whether a simple rule solves the task. Adding known quantities does not require a model that generates answers; compare accuracy, effort and need.

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task: sort fictional messages
input: message
output: predicted category
human_review: required

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YOUR MISSION

Distinguish fixed rules from learning from examples and choose how to check a prediction.

Now it's your turn

Discovery workshop

AI: a clue machine

Tool A applies fixed rules. Tool B learns from 200 previously classified messages. Both can help; neither knows everything.
Build your answers and check when you are ready.
A moment to understand

What do examples let a model do?

I need a hint

Learning a task does not make a model a person or an infallible source.

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Describe a task where comparing predictions with evidence would help.

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