ai-camp.orgReviews of ai-camp.org

If you're looking for a crash course on building a fully-functioning model and website, this is the program for you. AI-Camp's model creation process involves using python libraries and online datasets to train a model. Then students create a website using a template and integrate their trained model into the website for use by all. The curriculum also introduces machine learning concepts and an overview of standard machine learning algorithms. However, this camp does not offer a deep dive into machine learning and grants only a vague, intuitive understanding of machine learning and not a technical one. Additionally, during the three weeks, a little less than half of the time was concentrated on web development, making the name AI-Camp more than a little misleading, as the name wrongly implies a sole focus on AI. Despite my rather negative-sounding review, AI-Camp was a positive experience. I was introduced to CSS, and backend, and gained experience with several python libraries. I also met new friends, and the instructors at the camp are extremely kind and very helpful if you have a problem of some kind. To conclude, I would recommend AI-Camp to anyone looking for a fun experience and opportunity to be introduced to the field of machine learning. But this camp is definitely not for more those who are more advanced and looking to sharpen their skills. What I mean by this is that the majority of model training is heavily supplemented by already existing templates and packages, both obscuring how machine learning actually works, and making model training a lot less interesting (for me, that is). If you do fall into the latter category, I would recommend looking somewhere else.

Great Instructors and very organized. It is a great experience to have and a great way to network with others that have the same focus as you. But I do think it is a bit overpriced, if you're actually paying. Some people kind of "shove" the 3 weeks program down your throat. Still very good!! My instructor was great and explained everything perfectly!!!

An amazing experience, with an amazing curriculum, amazing instructors, and an amazing system. To create fully functional AI models and websites within three weeks is a great achievement. However, I do have some observed flaws 1. If you are expecting to learn how to fully program models from start to finish, this camp may not be the best decision. My team and I often found ourselves working with previously created templates and code, and learning how a few lines function. Furthermore, I found that the majority of programming that we did was actually in the front-end development, a bit contrary to the title of "AI Camp" 2. One of the two metrics for job offers after camp completion, called camper kudos, was created to favour certain students. Firstly, the rate at which Kudos are given out differs among each instructor. The system will prefer the students with instructors who often give out camper kudos over the students with instructors who are more controlled and reserved with their kudos giving. Secondly, the ability for students to give over students kudos was easily exploited (many formed groups and spammed undeserved kudos to each other). As much as these two issues did hinder my experience at the camp, I would most definitely say that the positives that come along with the camp (job offers, teamwork, community, challenges (discord lol), model creation/completion, AI logistics learning) most definitely outweigh the negatives. Again, a great experience. Final verdict: For beginners, this is perfect for an introduction to programming and AI, and is heavily recommended. For more advanced programmers hoping to gain a new application/use for their skills, though a viable option, you may want to look elsewhere (Personal Experience). Love this camp, and loved this experience!

The 3 weeks I have spent at AI camp were super fun. My computer vision team was full of amazing people with varying programming levels. It definitely gave me more to do than play video games during the first weeks of my summer. The course is super well made and teaches a lot about self-learning and computer programming. The reason I gave this course a 4/5 is because of the expectations vs. reality. I came into this course hoping for a coding from scratch experience, where my team and I would program everything by ourselves. this was not the case. many of the backend python programs were already written for us and we used a lot of resources from other sources. While this didn't take away from the overall experience too much, it sort of left a feeling of dissatisfaction. Just to elaborate, this is NOT a reason to dismiss AI-camp as a scam or a rip-off. In the last three weeks I have accomplished the following: 1. Created my own AI model with yolov5 and roboflow 2. Gotten real-life experience as a product manager 3. Basically learned CSS and HTML 4. Interacted with an amazing team and instructor 5. talked with a community that is always willing to listen and help. AI-camp was the best experience that I have had in a summer camp in the last 3 years. the instructors are always willing to teach you more and help you understand, and the community is truly there to help you. Ultimately for a 3-week course, you can't expect a full in-depth tutorial on what every bit of code does, but you can expect a learning experience, whether you know nothing or if you think you know everything. solid 9/10

It wasn’t how I expected it to be, but I like how the camp was set up. We gradually moved from lectures to playing around with coding. I was confused at times, but I learned a lot more about AI than I ever knew before. I recommend this camp to anyone who is interested in AI and how it works.

I really liked this class but I sometimes got confused. This class showed me more about the AI world and how it changing. I believe that soon AI will be a part of our everyday life. This course opened my eyes to new opportunities and a better understanding of AI.

Michael is an amazing and very articulate instructor and I feel like I learn a lot from him. He's been able to teach us about not only artificial intelligence, but also how to expand it into our future and even how we can learn more now on our own. His class is also interactive and he tries to push you to do more than just sit and listen to his lectures. However, when he asks you to do something or open something, he spams it quite a lot and also consistently throughout the class which may get annoying.

I thought the lesson taught a lot about planning my career and the importance of studying data before jumping to decisions. I think that more people could have participated in the data collection because more people makes a more accurate study.