Grade: Rising 8th through 12th grades

Dates: July 13 through July 23, 2026

Meets: Monday through Friday, 9 AM to 12 PM

Cost: $1,600, and for a reduced fee of $1,440 for Branson students (Early-bird discount does not apply to this class.)

Course Description: Inspirit AI offers an interdisciplinary, project-based artificial intelligence education taught by Stanford, MIT, and Ivy League alumni and graduate students.

Students from grades 8-12 will learn the fundamental concepts of AI and gain a deeper understanding of how AI is used to build ChatGPT and generative AI, fight pandemics, power self-driving cars, and more. Students will learn to program AI using Python, discuss ethics and bias within AI, and complete a group project applying AI to a discipline like healthcare, astronomy, finance, among others. 

In the first half of the program, students delve into essential AI concepts (machine learning, neural networks, natural language processing, computer vision), applications, and tools with coding sessions and practical labs. In the second half, students work in instructor-led teams on a project tailored to a topic of their choice—such as music, environmental science, or finance—using AI as a tool to make a meaningful impact in their chosen field. 

The Inspirit AI Team: Learn more about the team and projects here!

Featured Projects for 2026

Safe ChatGPT: Build an Authentic Chatbot: Using ChatGPT to build a truthful chatbot and avoid “fake-proofing.”

Precision Medicine in Colorectal Cancer: Automating the classification of colorectal tissue types to reduce diagnostic variability.

Moneyball: AI, Sports, and Business: Using AI for sports prediction, inspired by the book and movie Moneyball.

Planet Hunters: Searching for Exoplanets: Using data collected from NASA’s Kepler telescope to train AI to detect exoplanets.