Friday
Room 5
16:20 - 17:20
(UTC+01)
Talk (60 min)
Learning about machine learning from kids
I have run lessons in many schools, introducing students from age 7 to age 17, to the principles of artificial intelligence and more importantly, the impact that these technologies have on their lives.
I've developed child-friendly STEM resources and activities to help children learn about AI through making, and in developing and delivering these hands-on sessions, I've supported children to create dozens of different machine learning-powered projects. I've been fascinated to see what they've learned from these experiences.
In this talk, I want to share what I've seen. I will demonstrate AI/ML projects made by children, and describe the lessons they learned from making them.
I think the insights these children gained about AI actually provide a useful introduction for any developer looking to get started with AI/ML, so if you're new to the field I hope you'll get a useful introduction to how you can get started with AI.
Dale Lane
Dale is a developer for IBM. He spent several years as a developer in IBM Watson, helping to create several Watson cloud services. He is the author of "Machine Learning for Kids", and the creator of the supporting website MachineLearningForKids.co.uk which is used by children around the world to learn about artificial intelligence by creating and playing with their own machine learning models.