Mes-AI Church
In late September 2019, Croxley Green Baptist Church piloted a new "Messy" workshop, Mes-AI Church, a local extension to Messy Church does Science, again funded by a grant from Scientists in Congregations. Mes-AI Church aims to explore the science and faith connection of Artificial Intelligence, looking in particular at what AI means in our lives and how we see ourselves and starts by asking What are Robots and Who are We ? Mes-AI is aimed at families, with young people between the ages of 10 and 13, with four families attending each session.
Each family is provided with a Lego Mindstorms EV3 kit, from which they create their own robot. Despite everyone starting with idential kits, it was amazing to see how each group customised their robots, with each robot very much taking on it's own identity - just look how different they all are! The robots were then named, as were the groups, with points being awarded for the most inventive robot name and the most unique robot design - we all know what points make (prizes!) The day progresses with the teams going on to learn how to program their robots such that they undertake basic movements. The construction and programming is interspersed with "big questions" about who we are, what we are like and how this all relates in the big picture to God and Christianity. The Big Questions proved very thought provoking and some great discussions followed as the day went on. There was the opportunity for lunch, followed in the afternoon with the groups seeing each of their four robots go on to complete a more complex maze, using some pre-loaded software - demonstrating how, just like us, robots learn from their mistakes. The day finished with prayer and reflection as the robot showed us how it could use it's AI to learn the fastest route through the maze to complete it's task. Please email us for more details of when we might be running our next session. |
The whole day went incredibly well, with all of the families saying how much fun they'd had - see the photos of some of the amazing robots that were made!
Please see our Church Calendar for further Mes-AI Church workshops. |
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Further Information
If you have any further questions, please email office@croxleybaptist.co.uk. We will be happy to help you and will respond as soon as we can.
If you have any further questions, please email office@croxleybaptist.co.uk. We will be happy to help you and will respond as soon as we can.