About 75 students from Warren Prescott Middle School and about 40 students from New Mission High School gathered on the Senate floor to meet with MIT President Sally Kornbluth, Boston Mayor’s Office Public Domains Engineer Yo Deshpande, and Program Michael.・I plan to hear from Mr. Lawrence Evans. Mayor’s Office New Urban Dynamics Director and Liberty Mutual Chief Innovation Officer Adam Litarian discusses the growing importance of AI literacy in today’s world and future careers, especially in the ethical and policy landscape of an increasingly complex technology landscape. focus on impact. . Afterwards, former US OSTP Chief of Staff Mark Aidinov led the students in a discussion on human rights and AI, followed by a breakout group for middle and high school students discussing his AI Bill of Rights and his blueprint for SMART legislation. increase. Cynthia Brizeal, Dean of Digital Learning, MIT Open Learning, Head of the Personal Robots Group, MIT Media Lab, and Director of MIT RAISE, will deliver closing remarks.
“We are thrilled to sponsor and participate in AI Day this year,” said Adam Litarian, chief innovation officer at Liberty Mutual. “There is no question that this rapidly evolving technology will shape the future in ways we do not yet fully understand. We want to go deeper and help them make a positive impact on the world around us.” Liberty Mutual is a founding sponsor of Day of AI, supporting STEM education for youth and career programs for students. We are focusing on
Near Roxbury, the Dearborn STEM Academy is teaming up with Amazon Future Engineer to host their flagship event, Day of AI. After lectures by Cynthia Breazeal, her Alexa Senior Vice President and Principal Scientist at Amazon, Rohit Prasad (MIT ’08), and Victor Reinoso (MIT ’97), Global Director of Amazon Future Engineer, students will explore the app participate in the practice of Inventor activity as part of the Day of AI Alexa lesson.
More than 6,000 K-12 educators from all 50 states and over 100 countries have enrolled to access the Day of AI curriculum. Lessons and activities include What is AI?, ChatGPT at School, Teachable Machines, AI and Social Media, Data Science and Me, and more. There are also regional adaptations to this effort. AI Day in Australia has been adopted in a big way, with over 400 classrooms registered. The Australian team is also working with the Sydney-based University of New South Wales and the National Organization for Scientific Research (CSIRO) to provide students with additional material on AI ethics and machine learning.
“In Day of AI’s second year of operation, we have doubled the number of registrations from educators around the world who want to teach this curriculum to their students,” says Professor Brizeal. “And it shouldn’t come as a surprise. This year has been a year of extraordinary advances in AI, and with it comes the necessary conversations and concerns about who and what this technology is for. With our AI Day event, we want to celebrate the teachers and students who are working to make AI better for everyone.”
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Responsible AI for Social Empowerment and Education (RAISE) is an MIT initiative that provides free AI literacy resources, activities, and opportunities for people of all ages around the world. A collaboration of the MIT Media Lab, Schwartzman University of Computing, and MIT Open Learning, RAISE’s research and influence mission promotes equity in learning, teaching, and computing, and empowers diverse students from kindergarten through high school. It’s about rethinking and innovating how we prepare holistically and equitably. , aspires to an inclusive workforce, lifelong learners to thrive, be responsible and engaged in an AI-powered society.
