Machine Learning and AI are big buzzwords. What should a communications professional know about it? How do humans and machines work and create together? A In this fun, fast-paced, hands-on workshop you’ll get to experience what modern AI is and make sense of the possibilities it offers for your profession.

Key takeaways

• Learn – through real-world examples – what AI and machine learning are.
• Understand the vocabulary: what machine learning, big data, neural networks and deep learning actually are.
• Identify innovative ideas and sketch solutions of the AI applications from object recognition to language translation.
• Discuss the legal and ethical issues that need to be considered when implementing AI
• Map a learning path on how to introduce the topics of ML/AI at your profession.

Drawing on her 10 years of experience teaching total beginners programming and explaining technology Linda will teach a chapter 0 on AI – help you survey the landscape broadly; to give you a sense of what’s possible; and help you think about how you might use AI as a part of educating the next generation of technology users and creators.