Session 5. Outline for Students

a. Review of student AI experiences since last session

b. Session overview - Self-driving cars, humanoid robots, drones and AI assistive tech.

c. Self-driving Cars.
- neural nets 'photons in to controls out'
- Tesla Robotaxi Cybercab event Oct 2024.
- videos of Tesla's Full Self Driving
- the scale of Tesla's advantage (Google's Waymo, demise of GM's Cruise)
- Electric v. ICE (internal combustion engine) cars and battery tech.
- the safety advantage of AI over humans

d. A future full of humanoid robots.
- when AI meets robotics
- more humanoid robots than Smartphones, potential price of £20,000
- future example: Robots as personal trainers
- future example: Robots as carers
- video of the many suppliers of humanoid robots
(Tesla's Optimus, Figure, Digit, Unitree, 1X)

e. A future full of drones
- drone swarms and warfare
- drones for entertainment and delivery

f. AI Assistive Technology.
- importance of Chat GPT4o like systems
- Neuralink neuralink.com and their Patient Register
- AI to aid those with sight issues (e.g. EchoVision)
- AI to aid those with memory issues
- potential power of an 'AI Aware community'

g. Final session content - AI Ethics and AI Futures