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Jui Khankar- AInspire

Posted by Hannah Ya

· Friday, November 15th, 2024

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Oak Brook teen receives Diana Award for nonprofit focusing on AI ...

Imagine if at 16 years old you decided to start a company that helps others learn more about artificial intelligence. Well, that’s what Jui Khankar did with AInspire when she was only 16 years old! AInspire is a nonprofit that helps students to explore and familiarize themselves with AI better all for free! But how big of an impact does AInsipre have in our lives? Well, AInspire has helped to serve over 26,000 students in all 50 states and even 91 countries! Jui also works with a team of 11 other women who are helping to make a difference with AI. She started this nonprofit after attending a summer camp at Stanford University when she was a high school freshman. As more time went on, she had a desire to learn more about AI and how it can further medicine and the future. At first, Jui didn’t find a whole lot of sources and research opportunities about artificial intelligence, especially for beginners wanting to know more. Soon she created AInspire.org and started to help others learn more about AI and its possibilities. Artificial intelligence keeps developing as technology improves, and so does our future. With the rapid development of AI, Jui realized the importance of gaining more knowledge on the topic and concept to help beginners learn more about where the future of AI can take us. With utilizing AI, the future could improve a lot because it can help out businesses to simplify running their businesses. With AInspire, Jui uses lessons and activities to help others grasp the concept of AI with the technical, comprehension, and interpersonal skills that are needed to have a career in the 21st century. Jui also started an AI club at Hinsdale Central. The program is targeted more towards middle and high school students but it’s also available for everyone too. Since AI is being integrated into our everyday lives, it’s better to get a head start on learning about it now. So, since AI is slowly being added everywhere, she wanted to make AInspire free for everyone. AInspire has been seen on NBC, Chicago Sun Times, FOX 32 Chicago, The Hinsdalean, Chicago Tribune, Swiss Cognitive, and much more! You can check out AInspire here!

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AInspire

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Ask an expert – JUI KHANKARI, NONPROFIT FOUNDER – The Hinsdalean

Oak Brook teen receives Diana Award for nonprofit focusing on AI education – Chicago Sun-Times

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Categories : AI, Coding, Computers, Entrepreneurship, Female Empowerment, Gen Z, Nonprofit, Uncategorized

Kane Parsons, a Filmmaker Fresh out of High School

Posted by morganni23

· Monday, September 16th, 2024

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A pair of images, one showing Kane Parsons, a young man. The other showing the original Backrooms image of a hall with its musty old carpet and aging wallpaper.

Kane Parsons and the original Backrooms photograph.

Kane Parsons is an online filmmaker and visual effects artist who has received viral attention for his horror short films. His most popular work is a series called The Backrooms. Parsons, who goes by Kane Pixels online, released the first installment in his Backrooms series when he was sixteen years old. The nine minute short film which was uploaded to YouTube in 2022 takes place in an unnatural, lonely setting. The protagonist wanders endless, maze-like yellow hallways rendered in vivid detail with the 3D animation software Blender. This protagonist, whose handheld camera serves as our viewpoint for the film, entered this strange world by falling straight through the solid ground beneath him and into a place disconnected from our reality. In the days following the suspenseful short’s release, it would become highly popular in several online spaces. It was inspired by a post on a message board from 2019, one which described the original concept of the endless Backrooms, and featured the iconic photograph most associated with the uncanny dimension. The series expanded on the concepts first established in that post, and would only receive more notoriety as it went on, trending with each new entry in its ongoing narrative. As Kane Parsons continued to thoughtfully produce the visuals of the films, he grew more and more ambitious. The digital sets only became larger and more detailed, and later entries would use advanced motion capture techniques to make characters’ movements as realistic as possible.

All of the impressive work that Parsons was doing got him the attention of more than just online horror fans. The independent movie studio A24 has chosen to adapt his series into a feature film. Kane Parsons will direct the film, and it is to be written by Robert Patino, a producer and writer whose previous work includes the HBO series Westworld. While simultaneously completing high school, Parsons was able to build a unique online identity and inspire others with his fresh take on the found footage horror subgenre. He is quoted by ABC News as saying, “I just love doing this, I somehow almost never burn out. And I think that’s partially because of how much people love this series. It just feels like everything I do has value.”

I can say personally that the stories Kane Pixels has created have fascinated and transfixed me. I am reminded, as I climb to the third floor of a furniture store, of those windowless carpeted halls. I find myself wondering, “What would I do if I found myself in an infinite IKEA, or an endless airport?” The success of The Backrooms has shown me that if an idea intrigues me and has the sticking power to hold in my brain, it is likely that other people will have similar reactions to it. If I can unearth a novel idea and put in the time and effort to build upon it, I can make something people will care about.

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https://www.wired.com/story/what-ar e-the-backrooms/

https://abcnews.go.com/US/backrooms-horror-storytelling-online/story?id=92623707

https://deadline.com/2023/02/the-backrooms-a24-developing-feature-based-on-viral-horror-shorts-1235249413/

https://www.youtube.com/@kanepixels

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Categories : Computers, entertainment, Film, Horror, Teen Entrepreneurs, Television, Video Production, Young Entrepreneur, YouTube

Tags : computers, entertainment, Film, teen entrepreneurs, YouTube

The World of Digital Highway Robbery, and its Solution

Posted by schlemeierej23

· Sunday, December 10th, 2023

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Artificial Intelligence. Will it lead to dramatic improvements for future generations, will it destroy the world? The jury’s still out on that one, but one thing we do know is that AI has some serious potential as a creative tool. Especially if you like stealing other people’s artwork.

What’s that? You don’t like that? Well, neither do digital artists, whose work is often fed into AI generators to create new pieces in their “style”, who don’t get any pay or credit for the new images, and whose business and reputation can decline due to low-quality copies of their work floating around on the web. Needless to say, with the rise of AI, there has been a proportionate rise of issues and concerns in the digital art world.

Well, modern problems require modern solutions, and a team of faculty and students at the university of Chicago has realized that. To combat theft a la AI, they have elected to fight fire with fire and use… more AI. Composed of computer science faculty and graduate students, and taking feedback from multiple digital artists, the group from Chicago U has created Glaze. As they put it on their website, “Glaze is a system designed to protect human artists by disrupting style mimicry. At a high level, Glaze works by understanding the AI models that are training on human art, and using machine learning algorithms, computing a set of minimal changes to artworks, such that it appears unchanged to human eyes, but appears to AI models like a dramatically different art style.”

Pretty cool, huh? Now because AI is… well, AI, it learns, and will probably get around Glaze at some point. But the creators’ hope is that Glaze will provide protection for at least the amount of time it takes for new regulations concerning AI to be created. Which goes to show that even a temporary solution is, in fact, still a solution if you think ahead.

Ultimately, I think Glaze is an entrepreneurial endeavor at its finest. The team saw a problem growing with AI, and used any tools necessary to find a solution (also AI!) until a more permanent fix could be created. Furthermore, Glaze is supported by grants, and free for any artist to use, making it much more effective at solving the problem. If you are interested in further reading, and also can understand computer-y language, I highly recommend you check the team out here.

And as always, thank you for reading!

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Categories : AI, Art, Computers, Design

Michael Dell

Posted by Guidasnr20

· Wednesday, November 16th, 2022

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Michael Dell is most famously known as the founder and CEO of Dell Inc., one of the world’s leading sellers of personal computers. Although he is now 57 years old, he started Dell Inc. as an 18-year-old student at the University of Texas at Austin. He began his computer business at the beginning of his freshman year with $1,000 in startup money. By his second semester of freshman year, he had sold $80,000 worth of computers to consumers. Once he turned 19, he dropped out of college to focus on Dell Inc. full time. He went public with Dell Inc. in 1988. At this time, it was called PCs Limited, then later the name was switched to Dell Inc. once their product variety grew and included more items than just personal computers.

When Dell was younger in the beginning of Dell Inc., he hired experienced people to work as executives. These people served as personal mentors to him and showed him the ropes in the industry. In 1992 Michael Dell became the youngest CEO in history to have his firm enter Fortune Magazine’s list of the top 500 corporations.

Michael Dell is truly remarkable for founding one of the pioneer companies in the computer industry at such a young age. This is so inspiring and motivating because it shows that people who are our age create ideas that revolutionize the world that we live in.

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Categories : Business::Entrepreneurs, Computers

Alex Klein: The Man Behind Kano

Posted by TrainerND1

· Monday, October 3rd, 2022

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Alex Klein is a 32 year old entrepreneur from London, England. He is most notable for being the co-founder of Kano Computing. In 2013 when Klein was fresh out of college, his 6 year old cousin raised concern for the fact that building a computer was hard and that he wanted it to be just as easy as building with Legos. Thus, Alex and his older brother Saul created a Kickstarter to raise money for research and development of a computer that was easy to put together and could teach children how to use computers at a basic level. One of the early contributors to the development of Kano was Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak. Since the development of their first computer kit, they have entered partnerships with Disney and Microsoft for tech related products. In 2019, Klein became friends and spent a lot of time with another famous entrepreneur, Kanye West. Since their friendship took off, Kanye has invested money in Kano and Kanye has made Alex the lead for YZY Tech where he came out with their first breakthrough product, the Stem Player.

Klein’s story is unique because he took a simple question from his cousin and has transformed it into a multi-million dollar tech company making strides outside of the world of computers. The idea of the Kano Computer Kit is fascinating as Alex and his brother did everything they could to cut down on the components of a computer and also make the set up so simple a child could do it. When it comes to innovation, Klein has pushed for new technological creations in recent years. With his newest device Stem Player, he has made a handheld music editing device which allows the user to split or “stem” songs into isolated sections such as main vocals, background vocals, snare, and 808’s. Alex Klein is a very inspiring entrepreneur in the tech world as he showed that even the smallest questions brought into our lives should not be passed up as there might be a new innovative field to come from it.

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Categories : Computers, Music, Technology

Kodable

Posted by einolfcb22

· Monday, September 19th, 2022

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In 2012, Gretchen Huebner and Jon Mattingly co-founded Kodable, a fun way for kids to begin to learn programming ideas. She created Kodable to be an online way for kids of all backgrounds to learn to code. Now, Gretchen is a Westly Prize winner and member of the Forbes 30 under 30.

Gretchen had always been interested in design and even taught herself web design. however, she always felt she was bad with technology, and only got the chance to begin learning when she went to the University of Louisville. After focusing on design and technology in college, she was able to use these skills to support herself. Wishing she had learned these skills sooner, she got the idea for Kodable, a way kids can be exposed to technology much earlier than she was. Her co-founder, Jon Mattingly, also believed strongly in kids exposure to computers since started to teach himself at age 6.

The thing that makes this educational program stands out is its use of games and activities to teach elementary students the basics of programming at an early age so they are better equipped to use it sooner. It now has very positive reviews and is used by many U.S. schools. It advertises benefits such as “Problem Solving”, “Grit”, “Communication”, and “Creativity”.

Website: Kodable.com

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Categories : Computers, Kids, Programming

Alexander Kulitski – The Teenage Software Entrepreneur

Posted by dawsoncm21

· Friday, November 26th, 2021

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As a college student, Alexander Kulitski recognized the opportunity to innovate the software and web application industry, specifically in smaller businesses and international enterprises. This is how he developed Smart IT which had quick success and profit. One of the projects Alexander and his team worked on was the first online ticket sales service, which is still the most popular service in the country.

Alexander got the idea for the business through the knowledge he gained from participating in an IT club which lead him to freelance work. As a freshman in college, Alexander was earning good income and had a great reputation as a freelancer. He ran a blog and would get multiple work offers a day. Realizing he had some savings to spend, he decided to hire some of his friends to help him keep up with his growing work and rent an office space. This was the beginning of Smart IT.

The entrepreneurial spirit Alexander possesses drives his business on a day to day basis and he is excited to be engaged in how automation is changing our world. He has found purpose in his desire to be part of technology that is changing the world at rapid paces. Alexander values many different methods to help him stay focused and productive day in and day out such as sports, yoga, vacations, and meditation. Curiosity goes hand in hand with these productivity methods due to the industry of technology having such a rapidly changing nature. Alexander is dedicated to being diligent even if something doesn’t work at first. He values quality over quantity, giving your all into everything, and facing the tough decisions head on.

I very much admire Alexander’s entrepreneurial traits that demonstrate his passion for business and technology. He is not afraid to take on a project that is difficult, as long as he follows through and gives it his all no matter what. Even from a young age, Alexander pondered how he could transform his passions into a business that could make a difference, and now he has found great success in doing so.

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Categories : Computers, Software, Young Entrepreneur

Mark Zuckerberg: The Man Behind the Magic

Posted by smithjr19

· Tuesday, November 16th, 2021

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From an early age, Mark Zuckerberg showed a passion for computers. Zuckerberg even had a tutor that aided him once per week in his blossoming computer science needs. Zuckerberg studied at multiple schools before he received arguably his most recognition at Harvard. At Harvard, Zuckerberg created CourseMatch and Facemash. CourseMatch allowed students to see reviews of classes that other students had taken which was a great way to pool a large amount of honest, open feedback. Facemash, the more infamous of the two, pinned two students against each other, allowing for other members of the student body to vote for who is the most attractive. The website, despite its popularity, was taken down by the school after it was deemed inappropriate.

These two projects led to the early developments of what was to be known as Zuckerberg’s magna carter. Notable Harvard students Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss enlisted Zuckerberg to create a dating website for students that attend Harvard. This venture did not last long as Zuckerberg set out on his own to create the social media platform known as Facebook. Zuckerberg dropped out and quickly began to see success. In less than a year after dropping out of college, he had already amassed over 1 million users. The success began to quickly snowball, with Zuckerberg opting to grow the company rather than be bought out by investors. Today, Facebook is the largest social media platform in the world and is continuing to grow.

There are many things that I could take away from Mark Zuckerberg. While he may not be the most extroverted individual, he took the field that he is passionate for and created a completely new platform that innovated the social media landscape forever. As a college student, this story is especially inspiring and motivates me to put time into my craft. Always seek out others for help but likewise, let others seek you out for help. Collaboration and reflecting ideas are some of the biggest aspects that can lead to a successful idea.

To learn more about his story, click here.

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Categories : Computers

The Bridge to Success

Posted by NoahIversen

· Monday, September 27th, 2021

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Social media has been building bridges to new ways of innovation and entrepreneurship ever since it began. Those who have capitalized on it when it began, however, are the ones making all the money and gaining the most fame. Felix Kjellberg, or better known to some as “Pewdiepie,” created his youtube account only one year after the website was released. It wasn’t until 2011, though, that he began to post on what would become the largest account on the platform ever (owned by one person). He began by posting quite short and relatively boring videos on his account purely for the entertainment of his friends and himself. As time went on, more people began to find his account, subscribing to it, and Felix’s fanbase grew. Less than a year later he had surpassed the 1 million subscriber mark. He began to post more and more and only a year after that was at 10 million. It was safe to say that he was on the right track.

Pewdiepie began to create merch such as shirts, chairs, headsets, and eventually his own game on the app store. He was rapidly gaining fans and in the spring of 2019, the creator finally reached an astonishing 100 million followers, which meant that 1 in 15 people who used youtube was subscribed to his account. This may not seem like much, however, almost half of the country uses this platform. He is still creating to this day and after selling many products and featuring in other videos and ads, he has accumulated roughly a cool $45,000,000 from online interactions alone. Felix will forever be remembered in the industry of videomaking and for revolutionizing the world by his assistance in bridging the gap between the real and digital worlds of entrepreneurship.

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