Our High School Students Are Planning Their Futures in AI (Part 1)

The learning never stops, even once our students have left our classrooms. We ask our students how they will continue to use the education they’ve received from Inspirit AI. It’s hard to not get inspired by all of their future plans! Please enjoy the first part of this series.

Jeremy Lu, who worked on the Facial Emotion Detection project, is currently working on a project involving Artificial Intelligence in the field of medicine. “I will continue to pursue these types of projects, especially about neurological pathways in the brain. I find it fascinating that I am exploring things about the brain using an artificial brain.”

Ally Bush, who also worked on the Facial Emotion Detection project, plans to pursue a career in STEM, tentatively in Computer Science. “This camp helped me realize that AI is a huge, growing field that can be applied to nearly anything.”

Christina Liao, who worked on the Criminal Justice (AI + Ethics) project, had her perspective of Artificial Intelligence changed by the program. “I now see it as the beginning of so many different possibilities for the future of mankind/the human race. Now that the new seed of interest for AI has been planted in my mind, I am constantly thinking of ways in which I can learn more about AI. I am not completely sure how I want to study it at this moment, but over time, I think I’ll be able to figure out how I can possibly incorporate it into my other interests.”

Diya Hituvalli, who worked on the Fake News Detection project, is already considering developing an app/chrome extension that utilizes the AI model she built to detect fake news. Inspirit AI gave her a lot of interest in Artificial Intelligence and she wants to continue taking a variety of online courses or programs to learn more and dive deeper into Artificial Intelligence. She hopes that by taking these courses, she can “really pinpoint which area in AI I am most interested in.”

Andrew Klearman, who worked on the DNA Detectives project, wants to use his new skills to do a modeling project of his own. He is currently working on building a classification model about football analytics in a similar way to how he did his DNA Detectives project. “I contacted a few of the teachers from the class and they have all been extremely helpful in guiding me through the beginning of my project.”

Vanesh Tibreway, who also worked on the Fake News Detection project, plans to continue working on his own AI projects that are extensions of Inspirit AI’s projects. “Moreover, I'm excited to pursue AI in college and possibly even have that as my concentration for my masters.”

Derin Algül, who also worked on the DNA Detectives project, wants to make an AI model of his own that learns how to play a certain game over time. “I think it would be very cool to brag about beating a game without even using the keyboard or the mouse, but by simply allowing an algorithm to find its way through every level.” Derin also wants to study computer science and learn about the depths of AI in the future. Regardless of what he studies, “this program has made me understand that I like AI and that it is a field I'd be willing to work at.”