MINECRAFT AI 

MINECRAFT AI 2024

In 2024, Minecraft Education released a variety of AI Minecraft related learning resources on their discover AI website, some are featured on this page. Educators can also use the AI Foundations program aka.ms/AIFoundationsCurriculumGuide. 

Refer to the AI Foundations curriculum overview doc.

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MINECRAFT AI IMMERSIVE LESSONS

In 2020, Minecraft Education released their first five Minecraft AI learning resources, as featured below.  

Use Minecraft to learn about Artificial Intelligence

Do these 5 Minecraft activities to learn principles of Computer Science by coding a data set of images for predictive analysis, using large volumes of live data & coding Agents for AI using reinforcement Machine Learning algorithms.

To do these tutorials you need to know how to code + mod in Minecraft. Use Algorithms, Block-based programming, CamelCase convention, Commenting code, Commenting out, Compound logical operator, Control structure, Functions, Loops, Pseudocode & Variables in your coding + modding. 

Learn to code + mod in Minecraft with these online resources & education.minecraft.net/computer-science-subject-kit. 

These 5 Minecraft projects are part of Microsoft's 'AI for Earth' initiative for environmental innovation.

microsoft.com/ai-for-earth

AI#1 - Who is that Ocelot? Take part in a biodiversity study using real time AI animal movement tracking & Machine Learning to recognise patterns in animal fur. 

​education.minecraft.net/lessons/ai-1-who-is-that-ocelot

AI#2 - Mapping terrain. Be part of a team of researchers, engineers & scientists that use AI to observe deforestation, tree disease & animal migration in a remote forest so that conservation efforts can be directed there to help the delicate ecological system. 

education.minecraft.net/lessons/ai-2-mapping-terrain

AI#3 - Sustainable farming. Help the local population of a farm be more effective, to make sure there’s not a shortage of food, optimize farming & create a more sustainable food source using AI predictive analysis. 

education.minecraft.net/lessons/ai-3-sustainable-farming

AI#4 - Ocean observations. Help ocean researchers gather data and maintain equipment. This research is part of a scientific investigation that studies the impact of climate change, because coral reefs are a good indication of the state of our climate and its overall impact on ocean life. The Agent needs to be coded so that it can reach research equipment on the ocean floor & repair it when necessary using pathfinding AI.

education.minecraft.net/lessons/ai-4-ocean-observations

AI#5 - Water quality. Village people have been getting sick from drinking contaminated water. Collect water samples & use a database to analyze the water using an AI machine learning algorithm to find the source of the pollution. The algorithm will make it possible for the students to travel to the contaminated locations & stop the pollution. 

education.minecraft.net/lessons/ai-5-water-quality