This Week at Udacity, March 16 edition

#UdacityLearning, #StudentSuccess, #UdacityIntersect, and more!

It’s been a delightfully hashtaggy week at Udacity!

This was the week we launched our “I Keep Learning Because_____” campaign, and we’ve been seeing some AMAZING responses. I wish we could give EVERYONE who responded a free Intersect ticket, but alas, just 10 lucky winners will win the coveted prize. Still, these answers!

You can see more of the beautiful tweets we’ve collected here:

I Keep Learning Because _____

And speaking of #StudentSuccess, did you read this story?

The Courage to Pursue Career Change | Udacity

What an incredible lifelong learner Anna is, and such powerful force in a world that needs strong voices like hers:

“Making a career change was absolutely the right decision for me, and I really think it’s important other women realize it’s possible to do. A lot of my friends with kids see what I did and are not sure they’d cope. Now obviously, it’s difficult with the demands of having kids to make a change, but it’s also possible! Women like me should know that there are great opportunities to gain skills and change careers that don’t involve sacrificing other parts of your life.”

And speaking of breaking down the walls of bias, Udacity’s Mat Leonard, who heads up our School of AI, shared a really interesting story yesterday in his weekly This Week in AI column:

DeepMind Advocates for Fairness in AI

It’s becoming apparent that AI systems are often biased, resulting from biased data, incomplete testing, and other issues. As these systems become more prevalent in our daily lives, we’ll need to understand where these biases come from, and how to avoid them. Recognizing this need, DeepMind has created a new research team devoted to fairness in AI.

But let’s get back to the tweets, right? Because it’s time for …

The Tweet of the Week!

I think we’re going for this one. Yep, this one. Because, why SHOULD your learning goals be any less than saving the world?

And THAT … is This Week at Udacity!

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This post was written by Christopher Watkins, Senior Writer and Chief Words Officer, Udacity