A favorite evening program at Sci-Tech Academy is Frosty Frost, named for the building in which it is held, during which campers have the opportunity to choose their activity based on what they happen to be curious about at the time. Choices run from board games to weird Kahoots to friendship bracelet making to ultimate Tic Tac Toe (inspired by Math Games with Bad Drawings by Ben Orlin).
One room was devoted to exploring the limits of Artificial Intelligence run by Camper Care Coordinator Alexis Fish. Dubbed “AI versus the Expert,” campers had a chance to test the accuracy of two different AI engines by asking camp faculty or workshop leaders questions related to their fields of expertise. Camper generated questions were put into the “arena” which solicited answers from two different AI tools. When exploring Torah trope, for example, Programming and Coding expert Cantor Marc was able to show how the AI chatbots misidentified, misused, and misunderstood both the sounds and the uses of trope markings.
Asked about Jewish rituals, faculty chair Rabbi Kari gave context and perspective to otherwise dry data generated by AI. Campers had a chance to ask their burning Judaism questions and also see the limits of AI (along with the ethics of the answers they received). At the end of the evening, campers voted for their favorite “expert.” So far this summer, the humans have won every battle, another victory for the Sci-Tech values of kavod (respect) and kesher (connection).
By Dr. H
Faculty
