The Tech Explorers and the Mystery of AI

What if a robot couldn’t recognize your face? Or an app couldn’t understand how you talk? What if the technology of the future... didn’t see you?

 

Layla is excited to start school at Oakwood Middle and joins new friends for what she thinks will be a simple AI project.

 

But when a facial recognition app mislabels Fatima, and voice assistants can’t understand Noora’s accent, the team stumbles upon a much deeper mystery: What happens when artificial intelligence isn’t built for everyone?

 

Together, they form The Tech Explorers, diving into real-world issues—like biased hiring algorithms, unfair policing tools, and medical systems that miss certain skin tones. With curiosity, courage, and a lot of coding, they set out to uncover the truth about how AI can go wrong—and how they can help fix it.

 

Can five middle schoolers make AI more fair?

Can you?