My son is a student interested in working in Technology. He is interested in studying AI and Machine Learning, but his school doesn't offer either as a major, so he is technically a general Computer Science major. He is preparing his resume for internships/job interviews. What are some good ideas for relevant projects for him to work on while he's still in school to add to his resume?
1. Image Recognition
Write a simple algorithm that can recognize objects in images. For example, a cat. Show the algorithm various images of cats and have it learn what a cat looks like. Then have it recognize cats in other images.
End goal: be able to do image recognition for self-driving cars so they know what to avoid on the road (ex: a cat).2. Text to Speech
Try to write an algorithm that can take text and read it back to you in a human sounding voice. Note: this is much harder than you might think!3. Crypto Currency Arbitrage
Check crypto exchanges every day and see if there are any arbitrage opportunities between different crypto currencies. Buy low on one exchange and sell high on another exchange. Repeat until out of money. Note: there are algorithms already written for this but I think it's good practice for someone interested in finance/fintech to understand this concept.4. Robocalling!
I don't know if this is ethical but... try creating an AI that can call people at random and convince them to subscribe to some random service or buy something from Amazon or whatever else you want them to do when they answer the phone after getting a call from your AI. Note: I am not encouraging anyone to do this but just saying it would be interesting research for someone interested in AI/ML stuff. Maybe even create an NLP engine so the AI can respond appropriately when someone hangs up on it or says something rude or whatever else people say when they get robocalled these days.}
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