Archmere Hosts Pre-College Artificial Intelligence Program
From June 16-27, Archmere hosted a pre-college AI program, hosted by Inspirit on campus, taught by Shreya Parchure, BSE, MSE and MD/PhD candidate from the University of Pennsylvania. In the first half of the program, students learned AI’s core technologies including applications, foundational concepts, and programming tools through live in person or online classes and collaborative mini-projects. By the second week, students completed a mentor-led AI for Social Good project where they applied the programming skills developed in Part 1. Students also attended workshops aimed to provide inspiration for college essays and AI-related careers.
The program introduced fundamental AI concepts and helped guide participants on how to build socially impactful projects such as safe ChatGPT bots, exoplanet search, self-driving car systems, and more. The course concluded with final presentations that centered on building a truthful and fake-proofed chatbot, leveraging the work students did in machine learning and natural language processing.