CBSE AI syllabus: all classes Class 8 Early AI · Unit 2
Class 8 AI Unit 2: Deeper Dive into AI Applications
5 hours · assessed through projects
What this unit is about
This unit explores AI in the environment, healthcare, automation and education, and connects AI systems to real problems. Students get hands-on time with simple no-code AI tools: image classifiers, chatbots and data-prediction apps.
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What the unit covers
- AI in the environment, healthcare, automation and education.
- Connecting AI systems to real-world problem-solving.
- Hands-on no-code tools: image classifiers, chatbots, prediction apps.
Key terms
- No-code tool
- A tool for building AI by clicking and dragging, without writing code.
- Image classifier
- An AI that sorts pictures into groups, such as cats vs dogs.
- Automation
- Machines doing a fixed task without people, which is not always AI.
Exam-style questions
1. Give one use of AI in healthcare and one risk.
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Use: spotting disease in X-rays. Risk: a wrong result if the training data did not include patients like the one being tested.
2. Is a washing machine's timer AI?
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No. It is automation: it follows fixed steps and does not learn from data.
Sources
Unit names, hours and marks checked against the official CBSE 2026-27 curriculum on 1 November 2026. Explanations and questions are written by CogniGuru.