Ask HN: I have 1 hour to introduce AI to high schoolers

It’s a massive opportunity for humanity, not a threat. On this subject, Peter Diamandis is brilliant > http://www.diamandis.com/blog/ai-bring-it-on

you might want to check out some of these ed talks for ideas.

http://bigdata-madesimple.com/12-ted-talks-on-artificial-int...

I would choose to talk more about Algorithms and less about Artificial Intelligence as defined in the popular imagination. You might find Christian and Griffiths, Algorithms to Live By a useful resource augmented by an introductory discussion of machine learning.

The question to promote discussion: can machine learning algorithms learn to do machine learning better.