Adrit Rao - AI student, app developer, and researcher

02/08/24 • 47 min

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Meet Adrit Rao, a high school student, app developer, and research intern at Stanford University. During elementary school lunch time he would develop games, it's no surprise he has launched 5 iOS apps at 12! This People of AI podcast episode explores how Adrit built his confidence through building apps, learning from the online community, cold calling for opportunities and landing a research internship to build an app with AI to diagnose and treat cardiovascular health issues. He shares his passion by teaching a coding camp for kids as young as elementary students, called Learn 2 Code 4 kids run by his non-profit Aretech in support of his local community.

Resources: TensorFlow Blog → https://goo.gle/TF-blog Scratch → https://goo.gle/3SkYJnp AutoABI App → https://goo.gle/3unSIOH Signer - AI Sign Translator → https://goo.gle/3SoheHr L2 Code 4 Kids → https://goo.gle/3ufsazk Get involved Foundation → https://goo.gle/49iDsBO

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Resources: GDG Silicon Valley Devfest presentation - AI in Health Tech by Indira Negi, Senior Advisor - Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation → https://goo.gle/3OIzcDv AI-enabled ultrasound → https://goo.gle/3OEqyG3

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