My Journey into Artificial Intelligence by Blessing Malumi

The buzzword in recent times has been AI, what is AI? how can I learn AI? What is the usefulness of AI? How would it impact my business? Why should I learn AI? The questions just keep coming. This talk is supposed to present in practical terms how a young African girl got her start in AI, the journey so far, where she is now, and the possibilities of a future in AI.

It will also explain in details, the resources and materials she utilized in her learning with Python being the most resourceful, it will explain python's many functionalities and tools which she has found and used, most especially in it's application to data science and artificial intelligence, projects she has worked on, of which an image classifier was one of them. She would also talk about the mistakes she made, the successes she attained, the lessons she learned and finally the BIG PICTURE of her AI dream.

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1. My Journey Into Artificial Intelligence SPEAKER: Blessing Oluwaseun Malumi #Blessing Oluwaseun Malumi #PyConZa 2018 @PyConZa201 8
2. Where I am from Who I am What I do #Blessing Oluwaseun Malumi #PyConZa 2018 A software Developer Venture Garden Group I write codes that helps achieve transparency, reliability and sustainability in different sectors of the economy I am Nigerian
3.  Interes t - Tech - Fashion - Teaching  Passio n #Blessing Oluwaseun Malumi #PyConZa 2018 - Women Inclusiveness in Tech
4. Finding a Mentor Who is a mentor: #Blessing Oluwaseun Malumi #PyConZa 2018
5. Compatibility: someone you are sure that you can work with What to look out for Contrast/Diversity: someone that thinks differently from you and operates outside your comfort zone Expertise: someone with an adequate years of experience and expertise in the field your are considering in Trust: someone you can trust enough to share your struggles with. That person must be proven to be dependable Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/ashiraprossack1/2018/04/27/4-things-to-look-for-in-a-mentor/#6349fc7c2d47 #Blessing Oluwaseun Malumi #PyConZa 2018
6. Benefits of the relationship • My first interaction with python • Youtube : Learn Python in 6 hrs • Codecademy • My first python project: • an English spell checker #Blessing Oluwaseun Malumi #PyConZa 2018
7. How to maintain the relationship • Keep in touch #Blessing Oluwaseun Malumi #PyConZa 2018
8. Intentional Growth #Blessing Oluwaseun Malumi #PyConZa 2018
9. My Growth Strategy • Top- Down approach Using the most complex tools first, before learning how it is developed • Research • Customised learning #Blessing Oluwaseun Malumi #PyConZa 2018
10. Top-Down Approach Nuture.ai Outcome: An image classifier #Blessing Oluwaseun Malumi #PyConZa 2018
11. Customised Learning Path Analytics Vidhya https://www.analyticsvidhya.com/blog/2017/01/ learning-plan-2017-beginners-data-science/ Outcome: A customised learning path #Blessing Oluwaseun Malumi #PyConZa 2018
12. Getting Started Basics of Mathematics and Statistics Choose your tool (Python) Basics and Advanced Machine Learning Tools Image : Learning Path for a Datascientist
13. Discovery of Useful tools In Python • Pandas • Numpy • Scipy • Beautiful Soup  A webscrapper • Tweepy  Made my first twitter bot #Blessing Oluwaseun Malumi #PyConZa 2018
14. Giving Back Platforms were I volunteered #Blessing Oluwaseun Malumi #PyConZa 2018 Django Girls Abuja Visiola Foundation Coding Workshop Relearn: CcHub
15. Sade’s Story Story text goes here… Sade is a 18 years old sweet spirited girl, who had no idea what programming was about. She signed up to attend the Django girls event which I volunteered to be a coach, By the end of my coaching session she was able to build a functional fashion blog site. #Blessing Oluwaseun Malumi #PyConZa 2018
16. Adam’s Story Story text goes here… Adam is a 14 year old young intern who was recently assigned as a mentee to me, he wanted to be a game developer. As a result of the learning curriculum I developed for him, at the end of his two month internship, he was already able to comfortable use the Python Programming Language #Blessing Oluwaseun Malumi #PyConZa 2018
17. Platforms for giving back • Teen Code Africa: Andela • Re-Learn: CcHub • Visiola foundation coding bootcamp • Django Girls Abuja #Blessing Oluwaseun Malumi #PyConZa 2018
18. The Big Dream #Blessing Oluwaseun Malumi #PyConZa 2018
19. Conclusion #Blessing Oluwaseun Malumi #PyConZa 2018
20. Any Questions .
21. Let’s connect Email: blessingmalumi@gmail.com Phone Number: +234 818 601 6155 On social media:@
22. Thank you.