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name: Lisa Meeden
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name: Douglas Blank, Lisa Meeden
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institution: Swarthmore College
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department: Computer Science
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projectName: Artificial Intelligence Toolkit (AITK)
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projectRepo: https://github.com/ArtificialIntelligenceToolkit/aitk
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maintainerProfiles:
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- github: https://github.com/lmeeden1
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- github: https://github.com/dsblank
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badges: ["Academic Maintainer", "Professor"]
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description: "An open-source toolkit combining Python libraries and Jupyter notebooks to help diverse audiences explore AI systems, visualise their outputs, and understand their ethical implications."
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## What inspired you to start this project?
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<img width="50%" alt="network" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/296052a7-dd33-44e9-8a79-55639832b971" />
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The co-authors of this toolkit have spent over 30 years teaching AI at small liberal arts colleges and wanted better pedagogical tools to give students a concrete, hands-on experience.
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The toolkit focuses on helping users visualise the inner workings of these systems, opening up the "black box." For example, when building a neural network, users can display its structure and visualise activations across all layers based on chosen input values.
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In course evaluations, students frequently mention AITK labs as their favourite and most engaging part of the course. Some students have used AITK to complete independent projects.
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## What impact has the project had beyond the classroom or research?
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The project contributed to a paper entitled "AI Toolkit: Libraries and Essays for Exploring the Technology and Ethics of AI", which was published at the Educational Advances in AI conference in March 2025.
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The project contributed to a paper entitled "[AI Toolkit: Libraries and Essays for Exploring the Technology and Ethics of AI](https://www.cs.swarthmore.edu/~meeden/papers/meeden.eaai25.pdf)", which was published at the Educational Advances in AI conference in March 2025.
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## What does it take to maintain the project?
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