#TeensInAI: Teens in AI Bootcamp and Hackathon set to use AI to solve the biggest problems facing humanity today

On May 15th, exactly 2 weeks ago, myself and 17-year old teenager Sara launched #TeensInAI at UN's AI for Good Global Summit in Geneva.

Teens in AI initiative will empowering the next generation of AI technologists, innovators and leaders by equipping them with the critical thinking skills and tools required to use AI to shape the world & tackle some of humanity’s biggest problems.

Teens in AI Bootcamp and Hackathon will take on some of the world’s toughest problems using technology and data. The teams of 11-18 year olds, business school and tech mentors, and postdoctoral fellows will be working on projects, each aligning with at least one of three United Nations’ (UN) Sustainable Development Goals:

Health/Mental Health

Climate Change

Equality/Diversity

All the projects will make use of analytics, artificial intelligence (AI), and data science to meet their goals.

Today, and over the next 5 days, 40 teens and some 37 mentors experts from across London's AI space will be will be exploring for the very first time the following topics:

What is AI?

How does ML work?

The Future of AI

AI Ethics

What are Neural Networks?

What is Reinforcement Learning?

AI in Health

Can AI help us predict & fight Cancer?

How could AI help us improve mental health?

AI & Neuroscience

Could AI help tackle some of the problems associated with climate change?

What about equality?

and much more...

The event will focus on learning about AI & Machine Learning, Product strategy, Business development, Design Thinking, Prototyping, Marketing and Presentation skills and Pitching MVPs to Judges from the Industry.

Among its sponsors are: CognitionX, Wayra, Accenture Digital, King’s College London and Reactor Space at Microsoft.

With advances in AI some difficult ethical questions and security concerns arise. Our main aim is to empower our young participants coming from diverse backgrounds with a holistic and critical view on some of the toughest problems persisting in the world, as well as offering them a chance to solve those problems using AI. Handled properly, AI could lead to improvements in the quality of life for people across the world. Handled poorly, it could lead to detrimental consequences.

The 12-18 year age group is at the cusp of their personal growth and we want them to go into the world in a way that allows them to make important career decisions and shape key conversations around AI.

Let's make this happen. #TeensInAI will be shaping the world.