Elise McHallam

Elise McHallam is a teen located in Southern Arizona. She aspires to study computer science and artificial intelligence in college. She is 17 years old and currently attends Basis Oro Valley. She is interested in machine learning model building, creating digital art, and experimenting with digital design and media. Elise enjoys creating social media content for school clubs and ambitious projects, playing sports, and spending time with friends.

Final Project: The Intelligence That Isn’t

"The Intelligence That Isn’t" is a short video about the ways in which modern digital machinery, specifically AI bots, are manipulated heavily by humans as a tool, but the technology itself is identityless. This video explores how easy it is for us to forget that AI bots are not sentient, instead they are tools shaped and directed by humans. "The Intelligence That Isn’t" leaves the audience in a state of wonder and possible empathy for machines, allowing for an open-ended viewpoint on AI’s purpose, in a philosophical and analytical sense.