By day, Dale Lane is the lead software developer and architect for the Apache Kafka capabilities in IBM's Cloud Pak for Integrations. He is based in the UK and works out of IBM Hursley research and development laboratory. In his spare time Dale developed a platform for teaching machine learning to children. What started as educational project for his own children has grown into a global phenomenon being used by thousands world wide.
Resources:
ibm.org/activities/machine-learning-for-kids
ibm.org/initiatives/ibm-volunteers/stories/dale-lane
ibm.com/cloud/cloud-pak-for-integration
Takeaways:
00:06 - 00:44 Machine Learning for Kids
00:56 - 01:25 The inspiration for Machine Learning for Kids
01:33 - 02:59 What it looks like from a UI, UX perspective
07:12 - 08:33 How to find resources for Machine Learning for Kids
08:48 - 10:11 How different age groups interact with these projects
13:04 - 14:10 Staying away from personifying AI
14:30 - 16:48 The power of open source in education
20:21 - 21:59 Dale's tech origin story
