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From Apps for Good: Create an ML prototype in 12 sessions for free

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At Apps for Good, student teams design and build a prototype that solves a problem they care about using machine learning algorithms. Teams work their way through a range of activities, split across 12 sessions. Printable student A4 workbook containing practical activities Guides you and your students through the course Fully editable, making it easy for … Read More » “From Apps for Good: Create an ML prototype in 12 sessions for free”

From MIT Media Labs: Cognimates – a free AI education platform for building games, programming robots & training models

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On Cognimates, you can play with a pre-trained model, train your own model or use your text model in a project. Play with a pre-trained model using the “Feelings” Extension in the Cognimates codelab to get a taste of what machine learning can do. Create your own custom text model to predict the categories you … Read More » “From MIT Media Labs: Cognimates – a free AI education platform for building games, programming robots & training models”

From Machine Learning for Kids: a free hands-on ML service

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Here’s a free tool with downloadable step-by-step instructions that introduces machine learning by providing hands-on experiences for training machine learning systems and building things with them. It provides an easy-to-use guided environment with explanations and color screenshots for students to follow when training machine learning models to recognize text, numbers, images, or sounds. This builds … Read More » “From Machine Learning for Kids: a free hands-on ML service”

From Exploring Computer Science: AI Alternative Curriculum Unit

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Students will gain knowledge and skills while considering the social, moral, and ethical impacts of AI systems and usage. They explore practical daily applications of AI that are likely to have an impact on their lives. Students design smart cities, homes, and schools and share them with the group. Students also learn to build, train, … Read More » “From Exploring Computer Science: AI Alternative Curriculum Unit”

Site update: Compare 3 resources and each of their 10 features

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Sometimes it’s difficult to determine which resource best fits a lesson plans. The new comparison feature helps users to choose the content that best meets their needs.  Compare up to three resources at a time by reviewing: Resource title Visual snapshot of the top of the resource Resource synopsis Hot link to expanded resource summary … Read More » “Site update: Compare 3 resources and each of their 10 features”

From BuildIn: Surgical robots, new medicines and better care – 32 examples of AI in healthcare

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Artificial intelligence simplifies the lives of patients, doctors and hospital administrators by performing tasks that are typically done by humans, but in less time and at a fraction of the cost.  One of the world’s highest-growth industries, the AI sector was valued at about $600 million in 2014 and is projected to reach a $150 billion by … Read More » “From BuildIn: Surgical robots, new medicines and better care – 32 examples of AI in healthcare”

From Towards Data Science: How Happy Is My Girlfriend?

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What happens when a data scientist uses NLP to calculate a couple’s happiness by analyzing the emoticons and language used in their texts? Important Note Content Editors rate, curate and regularly update what we believe are the top 11% of all AI resource and good practice examples and is why our content is rated from … Read More » “From Towards Data Science: How Happy Is My Girlfriend?”

From Towards Data Science: Fooling Facial Detection with Fashion

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Usage of facial recognition is on the rise. With the recent debates over the ethics of facial recognition potential adversarial attacks against facial detection have been on lots of people’s minds. Facial recognition is being used everywhere from airports to social media. It seems to be near impossible to opt-out of having your face scanned. An ideal … Read More » “From Towards Data Science: Fooling Facial Detection with Fashion”

From FOSI: AI Is Transforming Our Planet – Here’s What Children Need To Know

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Children increasingly live in a world transformed by artificial intelligence, or AI, and those who understand it will live richer and more fulfilling lives.  This article begins by defining AI, discusses AI myths, has three hands-on AI activities, describes how AI is being used today, and concludes with additional resources for parents.  This is the … Read More » “From FOSI: AI Is Transforming Our Planet – Here’s What Children Need To Know”

Technovation: free for 8-18 year old girls and young women to learn about technology

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Technovation empowers underrepresented groups to be leaders and creative problem solvers through technology and engineering education that focuses on girls, families and communities through two programs, Technovation Girls and Technovation Families. Technovation Families brings together families, schools, and mentors to learn, play, and create with artificial intelligence. Through hands-on projects, children (ages 8-16) and adults … Read More » “Technovation: free for 8-18 year old girls and young women to learn about technology”

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