{"id":2688,"date":"2021-01-29T20:06:33","date_gmt":"2021-01-29T20:06:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/?p=1336652"},"modified":"2021-01-29T20:06:33","modified_gmt":"2021-01-29T20:06:33","slug":"the-youngest-ai-programmer-in-the-world-is-a-7-year-old-guinness-record-holder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/?p=2688","title":{"rendered":"The youngest AI programmer in the world is a 7-year-old Guinness record holder"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img-cdn.tnwcdn.com\/image\/neural?filter_last=1&amp;fit=1280%2C640&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn0.tnwcdn.com%2Fwp-content%2Fblogs.dir%2F1%2Ffiles%2F2018%2F08%2Fibm.jpg&amp;signature=c6ae126a480ac6a49d36772a7d210bcf\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>Kautilya Katariya, a computer whiz from the UK, became the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.guinnessworldrecords.com\/world-records\/415221-youngest-computer-programmer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">youngest qualified computer programmer in the world<\/a> last year at just six-years-old after taking a series of computer lessons including AI courses from IBM.<\/p>\n<p>When I was six, I thought action figures with Kung-Fu grip were the epitome of technology. Katariya currently has at least six different certifications across AI and data science and what\u2019s sure to be a sky\u2019s-the-limit career in the STEM world.<\/p>\n<p>Per an<a href=\"https:\/\/developer.ibm.com\/blogs\/6-year-old-guinness-world-record-programmer-completes-ibm-ai-certification\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"> IBM blog post<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"12\">\n<p>Leading up to his world record, Kautilya began reading IBM\u2019s course materials to help him understand computer programming and Python language concepts. Due to COVID-19\u2019s impact and the need to stay at home, taking the courses was one way that Kautilya, with his parents\u2019 support, was able to spend time learning new skills.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>That kind of makes learning to make sourdough bread seem small by comparison doesn\u2019t it?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Quick take:<\/strong> This is a lovely feel-good story on the surface, but if you peel back a few layers\u2026 it\u2019s even better. Winning a Guinness World Record is an amazing feat, but the real story here is how accessible coding\/programming has become to the entire world.<\/p>\n<p>Plenty of kids have learned to code at a young age, but Katariya\u2019s the youngest to achieve the certification levels they did. And that just goes to show you that anyone with an internet connection and a curious mind can learn something as complex as coding for artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n<p>File this under: good for the whole community. If you\u2019ve considered learning to code but you\u2019re not sure where to start, here\u2019s a little motivation via IBM\u2019s blog post:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"5.0796460176991\">\n<p><span>Kautilya received five certifications in Python and AI from IBM in November 2020. He completed IBM\u2019s&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.edx.org\/professional-certificate\/foundations-of-ai\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Foundations of AI<\/a>&nbsp;professional certification on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.edx.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">edX<\/a>&nbsp;and the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.edx.org\/professional-certificate\/python-data-science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Python for Data Science<\/a>&nbsp;course from&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/cognitiveclass.ai\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">IBM Cognitive Class<\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"c-post-pubDate\"> Published January 29, 2021 \u2014 20:06 UTC <\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/neural\/2021\/01\/29\/the-youngest-ai-programmer-in-the-world-is-a-7-year-old-guinness-record-holder\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kautilya Katariya, a computer whiz from the UK, became the youngest qualified computer programmer in the world last year at just six-years-old after taking a series of computer lessons including AI courses&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2689,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2688"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2688"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2688\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}