Me, Myself & AI
Schools Competition Showcase
Safety. Artist: Khyati Trehan. Image has been altered using Generative AI (Adobe Firefly)
Celebrating 'Me, Myself & AI' – our first-ever schools competition!
In Autumn 2022, we launched a challenge in collaboration with the esteemed Ada Scot Festival.
We called upon children in classes across Scotland to form teams of any size and explore the impact of AI in their lives. From the realms of football to healthcare, entertainment to education, their creative submissions showcased the level of knowledge and creativity present in Scotland’s young learners.
Over 150 talented teams poured their great minds into their submissions, making the judging process both delightful and difficult. Our panel of judges from Strathclyde Business School and the AI Team at the Scottish Government carefully assessed each entry. While all the submissions were fun and inspiring, some stood out with their innovative perspectives.
Even when it came to the team names, we were impressed.
Notably, the team "Bee, Myself & AI Steak Pie" caught our attention with their brilliantly creative name, embodying the spirit of imagination and humour that permeated the competition.
Equally impressive were submissions from the Highland Virtual Academy, where their young learners submitted their visions of a sci-fi robotic AI-powered future, exploring unique concepts of how we might look and feel in such a world.
The winners and runners-up were awarded with prizes for their hard work: unique competition t-shirts, STEM activities to ignite curiosity, and books to keep their learning going.
The grand prize for our overall winner elevated the experience to another level. The winning team hosted a special visit from The National Robotarium, where they formed a bond with their new robot friend, Martin!
The 'Me, Myself & AI' competition was a great journey for us at the Scottish AI Alliance.
It provided a platform for young minds to explore the fascinating world of AI and explore its multifaceted impact, and gave the Scottish AI Alliance a unique insight into how an AI-powered world looks from the point-of-view of children and young learners.
Through their unique perspectives, these budding innovators showcased the power of creativity and the potential AI holds for shaping our future. And so we would like to showcase and celebrate their work below.
Overall Winner
Congratulations to the AI Team at Glencairn Primary School in North Ayrshire!
The AI Team were the overall winners of our competition, with their entry of an AI News Bulletin!
Our judges thought it was fun, informative and very impressive.
The AI Team at Glencairn also enjoyed their Grand Prize, a visit from The National Robotarium.
Located in Edinburgh, The National Robotarium is the UK’s Centre for Robotics & AI, and they delivered an engaging session where the winning team were able to find out more about robotics and AI, as well as meet some robots!
You can check out their entry below:
Glencairn P5 AI News Bulletin
P5-7 Runners Up
The Tech Team, Carolside Primary School
ZM’s models
The Tech Team, Carolside Primary School
Runner-up group ‘The Tech Team’ submitted a wonderfully unique entry where they used AI technologies to create a video about the impacts of AI, concentrating on the use of AI in education.
This innovative way to respond to the challenge really impressed our judges, and they were very impressed at receiving such a creative and challenging entry from the young learners.
We loved it! Check it out below:
ZM, Saltoun Primary School
Runner-up ‘ZM’ submitted a two-part entry which gave a brilliant perspective on the impact of AI in their life.
Alongside a piece of writing titled “How AI Helps Me With Dyslexia”, they created real-life models (above) to represent how AI helps them with their dyslexia. They made models of AI-powered items they use day-to-day: a smart speaker, a Spotify playlist, a virtual reality headset and a book (to represent an Audiobook).
audiobook by lindauni from Noun Project (CCBY3.0)
These items were important to the young learner because they use Alexa and Spotify to get audio versions of instructions and help when they are looking for help around things like working out how to play a game.
AI techniques also help them get recommendations for new audiobooks, helping them to keep reading based on what they have enjoyed previously.
S1-S4
Category Winner
A.I.cool, Robert Gordon’s College
This team were voted as the best entry in the S1-S4 category with their wonderful website “AI in the Future”.
Judges were impressed by the amount of work needed to bring together a whole website and loved their insights on ChatGPT and self-driving cars.
We especially loved their “A day in the life in the future” section which explores what an AI-powered future my look like day-to-day.
You can check it out below:
S1 - S4 Runners Up
Team AIDT & their class, St Ninian’s
AIDT, St Ninian’s High School
This team from East Dunbartonshire gave us a great oversight of how AI is impacting the sporting world, with their competition entry of a slide deck exploring “Artificial Intelligence in Football”.
We learned a lot of new things, including how referee decisions are being supported by AI, how injuries are being prevented, as well as improving player performance.
You can download their slide deck below. Clicking the button will prompt a file download:
MedCoGam, Robert Gordon’s College
With a great creative design, this competition entry is a slide deck diving into how AI is being used in medicine, coding and gaming.
The judges liked that it covered different areas of impact, and were impressed by the creative design of the deck itself.
With such important impacts covered, we hope that the young learners continue exploring how AI is being used in each of the different sectors.
You can check it out here:
