AI for Youth
Empower youth with AI tech and social skills in an inclusive way.
Video for AI for Youth Program
Why AI for Youth?
Today’s students are tomorrow’s innovators. While the impact of Emerging Technologies like AI is undeniable, the degree to which it influences and prepares youth currently depends on a variety of factors such country, gender and age. Thus, even though AI is everywhere, the opportunity to benefit from it and shape it is not.
The next generation of innovators needs the right skills and resources to understand what AI is, how it is designed, and why it is important in today’s digital world. Otherwise, the digital skills gap will only increase and further hurt economies and society. Moreover, many young people don’t yet fully grasp the key role they can play in shaping AI. Hence, it is essential to demystify and democratize AI for the next generation of innovators in an inclusive way, irrespective of gender, ethnicity or location.
Providing them the opportunity to learn AI skills and apply them responsibly to design any solution is an important key to building long-term competitiveness.
Program Goals
- Deep understanding of AI: Demystify AI and equip youth with the skill sets and mindsets required for AI readiness.
- Access and use of AI toolsets: Democratize access to AI tools with Intel technologies and train youth to use them skillfully.
- Create solutions with AI: Meaningful social impact solutions as evidence of achievement.
- High school students in K-12 schools and After schools (Ages from 13 through 19).
- Prerequisite: No coding experience required; only foundational math and statistics skills.
- Diversity encouraged.
- Engaging and hands-on 200 hours of teaching learning content by Intel: An age-appropriate learning journey based on experiential methodologies covering technical skills and social skills, leading to social impact projects.
- Covering three AI Domains: Computer vision, natural language processing and statistical data.
- Delivery in AI labs: Powered by Intel technologies with flexible and open infrastructure.
- Standardized implementation: Proven approach, with content customization and coach certification through local training partners across the globe.
- Demonstrated outcomes: Certificate of Participation for all and Certificate of Accomplishment offered to those youth building and showcasing AI-enabled projects to solve real world problems.
- Inclusive: Engages youth from diverse backgrounds and does not require prior knowledge or technical expertise.
- Practical and applicable: Covers a combination of skill sets, toolsets and mindsets, preparing students to apply them to real-world problems.
- Flexible and modular: The program can be easily adapted to students’ existing knowledge and time availability — contains multiple entry and exit points to match country curriculum needs.
- Experiential, hands-on and fun: Age-appropriate and purpose-built to engage students with well-researched and experiential content.
- Technical skills: Programming and coding, data science, computer vision, natural language processing, statistical data and algorithmic and computational thinking.
- Social skills: AI ethics and bias reduction, critical thinking, problem-solving, system mapping, AI solutions building, and social and emotional skills.
Impact Stories
Story of Storganizer, Israel
Small fashion stores commonly struggle to organize the store shelves according to the latest fashion, color and types of clothes. After completing AI for Youth program in Israel, four young boys built a new computer vision-based app called Storganizer. The app sorts and arranges different clothes and items on the shelf according to the color and style. They first collected a database of images of clothing color and item types (e.g., T-shirts, shorts). Using Intel Python* libraries, they developed a model for training with almost 90% accuracy, tested the classification capabilities with a new clothing item, and built the AI-based user app. The user can send a picture of any clothing to the app, and the inbuilt model identifies the type and color of the garment and recommends an appropriate location for storage. This new store organizer app helps small stores organize clothes better and in the correct locations, thus increasing productivity, ease and profitability. The students want to use the AI technologies responsibly to help those stores that want to employ disabled workers, such as blind workers or workers with reduced mobility.
Russian student creates an innovative app to help recognize signs of mental disorders
Diagnosing early stages of mental disorders can prevent major behavioral problems and save lives. An eleventh-grade student from Novosibirsk in Siberia, Tleubaev Stepan, has built an app prototype that assists with diagnosis after learning AI skills in AI for Youth program. This app can help identify a patient's unstable mental state and provide a doctor with information for further analysis and response. Using AI tools, the app can analyze facial expressions in a live video or through a stream of images. If the face is not detectable or present in the live video, the app can capture sound recording instead. The results are then shared with a doctor for further diagnosis. A chatbot is used to notify the patient and the doctor in case of worrisome activity. The app may help to identify potential cases that should seek help early or to get immediate professional advice from doctors. This solution can be implemented as headgear with a camera. A built-in microphone can be used as a convenient alternative to holding a phone in front of the caller.
China scales AI skilling across the country with innovative public-private partnerships
China is adopting AI education across all high schools, and leading local universities play a critical role in accelerating that adoption. Universities collaborate with Intel to train their lead coaches and help students gain necessary AI tech and social skills with Intel technologies. Participating universities include Tsinghua University, Shanghai Jiaotong University, East China Normal University and Fudan University. Local Intel certified coaches have customized the program to suit their unique classroom needs. Students are building exemplary local innovation AI projects from the program. Projects include an image quality detection software based on Deep Learning, a system for predicting Steam game categories, and using Machine Learning and Jaccard's algorithm to filter student evaluations with Natural Language Processing. Top secondary schools across cities like Beijing, Shanghai and Chengdu are already implementing the program with the support of local government bodies and universities.
Testimonials
Shri Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India
Government of India
"We launched Responsible AI for Youth program this year. Under this programme, thousands of students from schools have completed the basic course. They are now building their AI projects."
Jadwiga Emilewicz, Former Deputy Prime Minister of Poland
Government of Poland
"We want young people participating today in projects such as AI for Youth, to become creators of solutions that will have an impact on society, because artificial intelligence will certainly have a profound impact on the economy and the way you work with people, while releasing additional huge economic potential."
Jung, Ji-Seok, Student, Youth participant in S. Korea
Busan Computer Science High School, South Korea
"AI for Youth helped us to have different perspective for the world. There are so many problems and people need help. Now, we think of 'Others' when using technologies. We think how to benefit society with AI with skills we learned. That's the major change."