AI is Shaping the World, Who will Shape AI?
www.teensinai.com
WHEN: 20 August - 31 August 2018
WHERE: BBC & Microsoft offices, London
Places limited, apply now!
We use Artificial Intelligence all day, every day.
Siri, Alexa, and Cortana are obvious examples of artificial intelligence, but AI is actually all around us.
It can be found in vacuum cleaners, cars, lawnmowers, video games, Hollywood special effects etc...
But how does AI really work and WHY should it matter?
Join our unique program for two weeks and develop your own entrepreneurial project surrounded by the best of the Tech sphere!
Learn through amazing workshops (Product design, AI & ML...) and cool field trips (Twitter and Microsoft)!
Challenge:
How might AI solve Mental Health?
Sponsors: GSMA, Hanson Robotics, CognitionX, Mind
Tools:
IBM Watson, Tensorflow, Unreal Engine and AWS, Marvel, Human-Centred Design for AI
Participants:
20+ Teens, 10+ Mentors, 10+ Judges (Tabitha Goldstaub, Sophia AI, David Hanson)
All teams get to pitch to Jury and winning team receives special prize.
Acorn Aspirations is a social impact company, which aims to inspire young people aged 11-19 into the world of technology and entrepreneurship.
We are on a mission to bridge the digital skills gap and nurture the next generation of digital talent to fill the jobs required by the tech industry.
Teens In AI is Acorn Aspirations special initiative and was launched at the UN #AIforGood Summit on May 2018. It exists to increase diversity and inclusion in artificial intelligence. In June 2018, Teens In AI were part of EU AI Stakeholder Summit to help shape policy on EU AI Strategy.
We aim to democratise AI and create opportunities for underrepresented communities through a combination of expert mentoring, talks,workshops,hack-
athons, accelerators, company tours and networking opportunities that give young people aged 12-18 early exposure to AI for social good.
Our vision is for AI to be developed by a diverse group of thinkers and doers advancing AI for humanity’s benefit.
Our curriculum is designed to give teenagers the chance to utilise AI and Machine Learning techniques to tackle global challenges in a holistic manner giving an understanding of design thinking, strategy and business model development, ethics, social responsibility and pitching skills.This year we will be exploring the following:
1. Human-Centred Design
2. AI Ethics
3. Machine Learning Tools: Python, Tensorflow, Keras, Jupyter Notebook, OpenAI gym and more
4. Field trips to BBC, Microsoft, Roborace and more
5. Expert talks
6. Workshops in Scrum; Pitching skills; Business Models and more
It costs £2000 to attend 10 days, however the Early Bird price is £1600, which ends 16 July.
We will never turn a child away, so if you are eager to join, but cannot afford the fees please contact Elena with subject "AI Accelerator Scholarship" on elena.sinel@acornaspirations.co.uk. Means tested scholarships are available.
As a non-profit, we welcome those who, like us, wish to have an impact on the Tech world of tomorrow!
Your sponsorship will help and inspire a state school child (on free meals) to be the AI technologists, entrepreneurs and leaders of tomorrow.
We offer individuals and companies an opportunity to Sponsor-a-Child in the form of a full or partial Scholarship, ie. "The Joe Bloggs Scholarship for Under-13s".
Contact for sponsorship enquiries:
elena.sinel@acornaspirations.co.uk
AI researchers are needed in EVERY industry and to give you an example of what they earn, take a look at this piece in New York Times.
"OpenAI paid its top researcher, Ilya Sutskever, more than $1.9 million in 2016. It paid another leading researcher, Ian Goodfellow, more than $800,000 — even though he was not hired until March of that year. Both were recruited from Google."
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