 Honors Intro to Artificial Intelligence, or AI, is a class where you will learn about this modern technology. It enables computer systems to perform tasks that normally require human intelligence, such as visual perception, speech recognition, and decision making. It's important that powerful systems help people, so we have to also focus on applying ethical frameworks that can ensure AI is created and deployed for the benefit of humanity. We start out in the course by investigating AI systems currently in everyday use in areas such as social media, mapping software, and financial institutions, and consider the emerging areas where AI will be applied in the future. We research topics based on student interest. Then we dive into important topics in AI, sensors and perception, natural interactions with humans, building representations of the world and performing reasoning on them, machine learning, and coding with AI. Students finish the semester by building an ethical technology using artificial intelligence that can benefit their local community. Much of the class is project-based with hands-on activities. Most of the assignments are unit projects, so you'll get to create and discuss things, not just listen to lectures. Come join Honors Intro to AI. You don't need any special equipment and no previous coding experience is needed to have a successful semester.