As Artificial Intelligence (AI) becomes more mainstream, technology companies such as Intel seems to latched on to the trend. Intel plans to launch several initiatives such as'AI for future workforce' and'AI for current workforce' by the end of this year with an aim to build skill-ready workforce, Shweta Khurana, senior director – Asia Pacific and Japan (APJ), government partnerships and initiatives, global government affairs, Intel told FE Education Online. "AI for future workforce will cater to 18 years and above and AI for current workforce is for professionals with primary focus on women driven small and medium enterprises (SMEs)," Khurana said. The programme will be delivered virtually by an Intel certified coach. As per the company, the curriculum designed for AI for future workforce is technical; however; students does not require any prior domain knowledge. Furthermore, projects under the programme are focussed on industrial impacts such as common trade application, predictive maintenance, viral post protection, insurance fraud protection among others.

AI technology can be difficult to understand and use, especially for young aspirants who are new to it. An AI program for young aspirants will help them learn about and use AI technology more effortlessly. AI technology is constantly evolving and changing, and young aspirants who have expertise in it now will be better prepared to become innovators in the future. An AI program inspires and helps young aspirants to lead AI technology and with good expertise, they can also innovate bigger things in the future. AI technology can be used to solve a variety of problems.

At the AIMed conference 2019, UCI's sophomore, and Dalai Lama Scholar Karishma Muthukumar gave an opening speech about her idea of using empathy-based artificial intelligence to improve human connection in the healthcare field. AIMed conference is an annual conference dedicated to bringing technologists, entrepreneurs, clinicians, and healthcare professionals to define AI-enabled solutions to create efficient, humane, and patient-centric solutions for the future of medicine. At the age of 14, while she was in high school, Karishma came up with the idea of using an emoji-based communication board for patients with Locked-in Syndrome. These patients are mentally aware but unable to move or verbally communicate. Her emoji-based communication board, OutLoud, won the abstract competition for Artificial Intelligence and Big Data in the International Society of Pediatric Innovation's annual Pediatrics 2040 conference. In 2018, she was named the 2018 Young Innovators to Watch, a national scholarship program by Living in Digital Times and Lenovo.

We first published a young innovators list 19 years ago. Today, many of those we selected, such as Andrew Ng, Helen Greiner, Feng Zhang, and Julie Shah, are leaders in their fields. And nearly two decades later, many of these distinguished scientists, entrepreneurs, humanitarians, and businesspeople still list the honor of being selected prominently on their bios. Could you or someone you know be the next young innovator? Are you ready to change the world?

Their classmates are hanging out, messaging friends, or maybe playing on the soccer team. The school aged geeks, however, are driven by coding and tinkering. Although more and more schools are creating robotics or coding clubs, high tech endeavors made by students are often very lonely pursuits. Without a mentor, a dedicated parent or someone to champion their right to "geek out," it's likely that some of that love of science and technology will be quashed. That's why it's so important to reward their efforts when they're young and on the cusp of continuing to learn about high tech or even when they are just playing World of Warcraft instead.