I would choose to talk more about Algorithms and less about Artificial Intelligence as defined in the popular imagination. You might find Christian and Griffit

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.