Author Description

This book is for K12 students who want to learn AI, for teachers who want to teach AI and bring AI into the classroom, and for any individual who wants to understand AI in a simple and effective way. Artificial Intelligence is all around us. This book demystifies AI for K12 students and teachers using a unique combination of concept learning, hands-on plugged and unplugged exercises, context of how AI is used in industries from finance to marketing, and project ideas for students to apply their own creativity and build their own AIs. The ten fully illustrated color chapters cover both Machine Learning and Deep Learning, a comprehensive overview of AI Ethics, and popular AI algorithms from Linear Regression to Convolutional Neural Networks. Teacher’s corners provide teachers with additional resources for bringing AI into the classroom. The book is paired with extensive online resources in curriculum, datasets, exercises, and code. The two authors (Nisha Talagala and Sindhu Ghanta) have extensive experience building industry AI solutions and have applied their knowledge to teach AI to K12 students. This book comes from their experiences of teaching AI to thousands of students around the world.