This summer, for the very first time, Columbus Academy will be hosting an in-person, project-based artificial intelligence program delivered by Inspirit AI, an AI education program developed and taught by Stanford and MIT alumni.
Artificial intelligence is the defining technology of our times: in our voice-activated devices, smartphone face-recognition systems, autonomous vehicles, and now in generative AI like ChatGPT. The potential for all students with diverse interests to apply this technology for good is limitless.
Students from rising grades 6-12 will learn the fundamental concepts of AI and gain a deeper understanding of how AI is used to build ChatGPT and generative AI, fight pandemics, power self-driving cars and more. Students will learn to program AI using Python, discuss ethics and bias within AI, and complete a group project applying AI to a discipline like sustainability, disaster relief or music/arts, among others. No prior computer science experience is required to participate, and advanced cohorts are available. Separate middle and high school sections will be offered.
If you may be interested in participating in this unique opportunity, please complete this short interest form. The program fee is $1,600, and registration is being offered to our students first before it is opened to the public. Fee assistance is available for Academy students on tuition assistance. The program comprises 30 hours of hands-on learning with AI practitioners and graduate students from Stanford and MIT who will travel to our campus to teach the pre-college program. Review the program brochure for more information on the curriculum, schedule, projects, teaching team and more!