Technology and kids just get along well. Like a person you met once and you know you will click. This is what happened to 10 student0run teams who spent weeks learning AI-powered cars on an AI-learning program.
10 student-run teams from 10 different schools have joined forces with New Mexico Artificial Intelligence Academy. Over 10 weeks, students learned how to program and operate a small car run by artificial intelligence.
The program helps the student to maximize the usage of AI and use it as a helpful tool and not as replacement for their own thinking.
“Lots of people believe and understand there is value for AI but wrapping your head around it and make it something that is empowering for you that’s a little bit harder to do,” said George Gorospe, co-founder of the New Mexico Artificial Intelligence Academy.
“If we can enable or empower our students to use AI to solve problems by collecting data and training the network and deploying that network, they get a feel for the whole process,” he added.
The academy said its mission is to teach students how to solve New Mexico’s problems with AI.
During the program, students received weekly lectures on robotics, mechatronics, software development, and machine learning.
The program concluded with teams creating a track for a self-driving car. This program will help future New Mexicans become innovators who will help the state prosper and flourish.