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<Title>Is Humanity on the Brink? A Talk About AI</Title>
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    <ul><li>Discover AI is a<strong> free </strong>virtual program in partnership with UMBC offering a hands-on introduction to AI, ethical issues surrounding it, and AI tech careers.</li><li>Students completing the program emerge with actionable next steps in pursuing academic or career paths in AI; the chance to continue in AI4ALL's Apply AI program; and mentorship from industry leaders.</li><li>Participants receive a <strong>Discover AI certificate of completion.</strong></li></ul>
    
    
    
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<Title>Discover AI in free 10-week online course this Spring</Title>
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    <h6><strong>WHAT?</strong></h6>
    
    
    
    <ul><li>Discover AI is a<strong> no-cost </strong>virtual program in partnership with UMBC that offers a hands-on introduction to computer science and artificial intelligence (AI), ethical issues surrounding AI implementation, and tech careers. <strong>There is no cost to participate.</strong></li><li>Students completing the program emerge with actionable next steps in pursuing an academic or career path in AI; the opportunity to continue in the following semester to our second program, Apply AI; and mentorship from industry leaders in the AI and tech industry from companies like Google, Capital One, Facebook, Accenture, and Pearson.</li><li>At the end of the Discover AI program, participants receive an AI4ALL <strong>Discover AI certificate of completion.</strong></li></ul>
    
    
    
    <h6><strong>WHEN?</strong></h6>
    
    
    
    <ul><li>Begins in the week of 7 March 2022 and ends in the week of 9 May 2022.</li><li>Weekly synchronous online lectures/discussion on Fridays 11:30 am - 1:00 pm, weekly and additional asynchronous lectures</li></ul>
    
    
    
    <h6><strong>WHO?</strong></h6>
    
    
    
    <ul><li>AI4ALL programs are designed to bring together and highlight voices that have been historically excluded and that will lead and shape the future of AI.  </li><li>Undergraduate students who are Freshman, Sophomores, or Juniors</li><li>All coding and/or Computer Science/AI levels (including everything from no experience to advanced)</li></ul>
    
    
    
    <h6><strong>HOW?</strong></h6>
    
    
    
    <ul><li>Find out more by registering for one of six 30 minute interactive <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ai4all-college-pathways-discover-ai-program-info-session-tickets-237718030027" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><strong>online information sessions</strong></a> between January 13 and January 27</li><li><a href="https://app.smarterselect.com/programs/77620-Ai4-All" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><strong>Apply</strong></a> <strong>by February 11</strong>, 2022</li></ul>
    
    
    
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