AI is Shaping the World, Who will Shape AI?
www.teensinai.com
WHEN: 20th-21st of October'18
WHERE: The Microsoft Reactor
70 Wilson Street, London, EC2A 2DB
Places are limited.
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, e-commerce software, medical research and international finance markets – among many other examples.
But how does AI really work and WHY should it matter?
How do scientists predict and diagnose cancer?
How might we predict and prevent the next outbreak of disease or...conflict?
We first experienced Acorn at the AI Hackathon in June 2017, (via a google search), and joining Acorn has ultimately eliminated our one risk - a huge relief for me. Kiran has been in contact with people from Deep Mind, KCL and Hanson Robotics through Acorn, not to mention getting great exposure to design thinking, Agile, visits to companies across London. Elena is an incredible catalyst for truly excellent experiences and her intentions are genuinely focused for the child's benefit, something that sadly missing from the outcomes of government ideals.
The atmosphere was buzzing, the young people involved were absolutely engaged and took their tasks, and learning the skills needed to achieve them, very seriously. More than that though, the levels of sharing and communication with people who, in many cases, they had just met was incredible. I think it is this that really touched me most, to say nothing of the actual products that the teams came up with, which were also most impressive.
Avi Gillis
Head of Diversity & Inclusion
DCMS
This has been a life changing event! I enjoyed learning about different types of jobs out there, such as a developer or UX designer. I also enjoyed learning about different market research methods and most importantly, my team I were solving a problem with refugees & met with mentors from the UN. I wish school was like a hackathon!
Clear your calendar - It's going down! These are the challenges for this year's competition! We're giving you a sneak peak of the challenges but you can read more on them here.
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 exists to increase diversity and
inclusion in artificial intelligence.
We aim to democratise AI and create pipelines
for underrepresented talent through a
combination of expert mentoring, talks,
workshops, hackathons, 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.
For all sponsorship enquiries, please contact Elena on 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."