References
Readings
- Reading: What is Code - Intro and sections 1.1-2.3.
- What Kind of Mind Does ChatGPT Have? [Article] The New Yorker
- AI tools used by English councils downplay women’s health issues, study finds [Article] The Guardian
- Ten Ways AI Will Change Democracy [Article] The Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation
Videos
- Video: Netflix – Explained (Season 2): Coding (24 min)
- Did the Camera Ever Tell the Truth? | Death of a Fantastic Machine [Video, 16 min] NY Times Opinion]
Coding
- pickcode.io online coding platform
- Supplemental Coding Assignment
- guess_the_number.py
- random_walker.py
- html_files.zip
This zip-file contains a started documentindex.htmland a folder ofassetsthat you can use to create a webpage on your own computer. Click or ctrl-click to download onto your computer, then double-click the downloaded file to expand into a folder.
Additional Resources
Want to learn some more Python or HTML/CSS on your own? Check out these two recommended resources.
- How to Think Like a Computer Scientist, by Miller and Ranum.
We use this free, online text to support our Intro to Computer Science elective at Poly. It's got readable text interspersed with review questions and interactive code cells where you can try out what you just learned about. Highly recommended. - HTML/CSS recommendation coming soon!