For my second Genius Hour project, I chose to research on Artificial Intelligence. Unlike the first Genius Hour project, this time we used Twitter to ask around 10 experts on the particular subject we were working on. This was to get some direct help or feedback from actual experts. I looked up for teachers or companies who were closely related to AI (Artificial Intelligence) and tweeted them some questions after going through their profiles. Firstly, I contacted major consortiums or companies such as Partnership AI (@PartnershipAI), Element AI (@element_ai), NVIDA AI (@NvidiaAI)to make sure I don’t miss the big information. They basically study and formulate AI technology and enhance the public’s understanding on AI. Next, I contacted a non-profit based company such as Open AI (@OpenAI). Then, I contacted some popular accounts or news sites that gave frequent updates on AI such as Future Disrupt (@Future_Disrupt), Twiny Bots (@Twinybots), and AI newsletter (@AINewsletter). These accounts were more social and had more tweets. Lastly, I contacted professors or researchers such as Anima Anandkumar (@AnimaAnandkumar), Juan Carlos Niebles (@jcniebles), Fei-Fei Li (@drfeifei), and Kate Crawford (@katecrawford). These people are scientists, professors, university directors who all work about Artificial intelligence. All of the people I tweeted to were researching on or giving information about AI which I thought would be helpful for my Genius Hour project.
I read through each of their profile and some of their tweets to ask them questions such as their main concerns on AI, the most interesting fact they found out about AI, how fast AI is developing, or even just their general thoughts. I respectfully sent a tweet out publicly and mentioned their name.
(Han, Chae) (Han, Chae)
These information will help my Genius Hour project because they include personal opinions of professionals, and I can get specific answers to my questions. Also, they can guide me further into the topic since they are more skilled and experienced.
It has been about a month since I sent my questions but there wasn’t much progress. Unfortunately, I have not got any responses from them even though some “Liked” my tweet which I found a bit odd. Several experts did follow me back and other people related to or interested in AI followed me as well. Although I didn’t get the answers to my question, I learnt a lot just by going through their tweets and thinking more deeply into this topic. Next time, I will try not to follow big companies, but more private accounts or teachers for information. This was a valuable experience to me because I learned how to use twitter in an educational way and to get help. In the future, I think using twitter as one of my sources of information will be very useful for projects as well as personal interests.
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Han, Chae. Twitter Image. Jan 21 2017. png.
Han, Chae. Twitter Image. Jan 21 2017. png.
