How High School Students Can Prepare for an AI Enabled Future

Artificial Intelligence is Everywhere

While Artificial Intelligence today is nowhere near having the broad intelligence and context-adjusting abilities of the human brain, the diversity of its applications is astounding. We interact with artificial intelligence more than we even realize.

For example, Alexa and Siri are virtual assistants that we interact with every day, empowering us to be more productive. Netflix, Spotify, Google, Amazon, and countless other services of everyday life are driven by artificial intelligence at their core.

In addition to these applications, AI can drive significant positive impacts across sectors such as healthcare, journalism, agriculture, and many more.

From helping doctors to identify diseases more easily and treat more patients, to detecting and preventing the spread of fake news, the possibilities of AI for social good are limited only by our imagination.

AI Leaders of Tomorrow Need to Start Today

Today’s students are poised to be the drivers of this revolution. However, education around AI remains inaccessible to most. Given its widespread effects, AI innovation should involve not only computer scientists but also policymakers tasked with regulating this powerful technology.

It is essential to introduce students to AI early on and give them the tools to navigate its complex ethical implications.

Through education, they can advance these technologies in an effective and responsible way. It is also critical to empower students with diverse backgrounds and interests to participate in AI — the design, production, and deployment of AI should be led by people who reflect the diversity of our rapidly changing world.

High school students can explore AI by enrolling in programs like Inspirit AI to pursue this exploration in a guided environment. Even a general understanding of AI can be a huge leg up in almost any field.

For those interested in developing a deep understanding of cutting-edge developments in AI, there are a number of entry points. For example, you may consider majoring in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or Information Sciences. Beyond college, knowledge and passion for AI will set you up for a rapidly expanding career market as well.

CREATING AN ENRICHING DIGITAL LEARNING EXPERIENCE

Inspirit AI aims to fill this niche through its interactive educational programs for high school students.

Inspirit AI is a pre-college summer enrichment program that exposes high school students to AI through experiential learning and a mentor-guided project.

The program is developed and taught by Stanford Ph.D. and Masters students researching various applications of AI in domains like neuroscience and regenerative medicine.

Guided by our instructors, students will work in small teams to create a socially impactful AI project from a domain of their interest including as healthcare, agriculture, transportation, disaster-relief, and more.

See examples from our past programs here! The 10-session camp will culminate in a presentation of the project findings to parents and guests, and students will receive guidance on how to continue to pursue AI in college and beyond.

Live Online AI Program for High School Students

The Inspirit AI Live Online program offers a new way for students to learn AI online through live video classes. With a 4:1 student-teacher ratio, students receive personalized instruction and apply AI to a socially impactful project in a field of their interest such as healthcare, sustainability, and robotics, just like in our in-person programs.

We believe education is undergoing a digital transformation that is here to stay, and we’re excited to be deploying innovative educational technology tools to deliver a uniquely enriching, flexible, and targeted learning experience to students.

Our instructors are thoughtful about leveraging the benefits of learning in an online context, enabling them to provide a rich social experience for the students, similar to what they might experience in-person. Read more about students’ experiences here.

If you or someone you know is interested in participating in this program, join us today at inspiritai.com.