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Your school should register to win a Mindjoy AI hackathon worth R25k

Local edtech startup Mindjoy has announced yet another round of sponsored hackathons for schools, this time with a focus on making use of OpenAI’s GPT-3 artificial intelligence language model.

What is a Mindjoy Hackathon? Think of it as a 90 minute event where children are not only learning but having fun as well. This isn’t just us regurgitating some marketing material, we’ve attended several Mindjoy events and they are informative, fun and get attendees excited about technology.

The AI hackathon challenges children to create a bot that helps them hack their homework.

“The project opens up really interesting conversations with the kids about originality, plagiarism and whether an AI can actually be creative. These are critical questions that the industry is still finding answers for, but we think it’s crucial that learners get to participate in these conversations. Their lifelong success depends on their ability to think critically about the technology which is shaping their present and future,” explains founder chief executive officer at Mindjoy, Gabi Immelman.

While Mindjoy is offered as a subscription service for a fee, the startup is sponsoring schools a hackathon valued at R25 000. The aim is to give 1 000 learners from 10 schools the chance to get hands on with the current and relevant AI technology.

Schools simply need to head to this link, click Register your School and answer a series of questions. Alternatively your school can email Mindjoy on team[at]mindjoy[dot]com. Should your school be selected, Mindjoy will be in touch.

The startup has already partnered with the likes of Parklands College, Somerset College, King David Linksfield, Worcester Gymnasium and St Peter’s College to prepare learners for the future of technology. Virtual hackathons are also planned in other African nations and in Europe for later this year.

“We loved this idea, which is so relevant to the educational space. It really made our teachers think about what they are asking of our learners and opened up the opportunity to explore deeper questioning,” said director of Technology Innovation at Parklands College, Richard Knaggs.

We highly recommend your school enter using the methods above. Mindjoy has a unique approach to education that we hope to see spread across the space in future.

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