AI around us
AI is in lots of things we use, like phones, apps, maps and games.
📌 Key points
- 🗣️ A voice assistant answers when you talk to it.
- 📷 A photo app can find faces in pictures.
- 🗺️ A map app can find a quick way to go.
- 🎮 Some games use AI to move computer players.
- 🧹 A robot vacuum can find its way round a room.
- 🎵 Some apps suggest songs or videos you may like.
📖 Key words
- Voice assistant
- A program you can talk to. It talks back.
- App
- A program on a phone or tablet.
- Robot vacuum
- A small robot that cleans the floor by itself.
- Suggest
- To give an idea of what you might like.
✏️ Worked example
Dad asks a voice assistant, "What is the weather today?" What happens?
- The voice assistant hears the sounds of his words.
- AI turns the sounds into words.
- It finds the answer: sunny! ☀️
- It says the answer out loud.
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