BAE Artifical Intelligence Roadshow
Students learnt more about the growing world of AI and the careers within engineering and artifical intelligence.
On Tuesday 11th March, Year 8 attended a Science, Technology, Engineer and Maths (STEM) roadshow organised by BAE Systems, the Royal Air Force and the Royal Navy. The focus of the roadshow was Artificial Intelligence (AI).
The presenters showed the students how easy it was to generate a pop song on a subject of their choice - one student chose "Burgers". The lyrics to the song were generated in a matter of moments and within minutes an actual track had been voted as the audience's favourite and by the end of the roadshow a red-headed woman, in a green leather jacket, standing in a cave (again, the student's choice) was singing the track on a video.
Students learnt about how to spot deep fakes on the internet and were able to get one of the presenter's AI-generated avatars to say anything. It looked just like a video of the presenter. Students were told how easy it is for the photos we post online to be used to generate AI avatars.
The highlight of the show was Lexi, the AI dog. Students watched Lexi navigate through a maze of students using her sensors and her AI capabilities. She also waved goodbye at the end of the show and did some tricks through voice commands, much like you would give to your own dog. At the end of the show, she was packed up into her box and instead of being walked at night, she was going to be plugged in and recharged.
The show was fun, interesting and informative and, hopefully, it might inspire some of our Year 8 students to look towards a career in engineering in the future.
- Ms Stone, Head of Computer Science and Careers Lead
