We welcome new contributors!
The Zen of ML is an open project. We work open because we want the Zen of ML to be useful to a wide audience and recognise that our own experience, skills and networks are limited. We believe that approaching the project collaboratively will present rigour, diversity of thought and a greater likelihood of the project having value in the real world.
The easiest way to get involved is by joining the #zen-of-ml channel on the Mozilla slack. Alternative ways for getting involved are:
We will unpack pedagogical challenges that ML (self) learners experience. We will explore how design principles can be used to bridge the gap between entry-level courses and responsible ML practice. All are welcome to participate! Participants should have some experience in learning or teaching ML, have a technical background in ML, have experience writing code, or have the curiosity to learn how all these things come together in real life ML systems.
Come to the MozFest AIIRL workshop to hear more about The Zen of ML and to share your ML learning (or teaching) journey.
Find us at **MozFest**
Join us for fun, engaging and productive dialogue, and share your insights! We are looking for contributors with practice in using machine learning (beginner to advanced), programmers, designers, ethicists and linguists. After the hackathon we will continue to invite practitioners to review and give feedback on the design principles, and test the principles in real life educational contexts.
Find out more about the hackathon: http://mzl.la/taihackathon.
We have developed draft design principles over the months leading up to MozFest. At the AIIRL hackathon we will review, evaluate and build on the design principles. The questions we seek to answer are:
Do the design principles cover the key aspects of responsible ML?
Are the design principles useful for new entrants into ML?
Are the design principles useful for educators?
Are the design principles well formulated?
Do the design principles fulfill the requirements that we set out for them?
The hackathon will consist of interactive sessions where we evaluate the draft principles and improve them where necessary. At the end of the hackathon we hope to have a set of working design principles so that we can launch The Zen of ML v0.1 in the weeks that follow.
Contact us on slack for more information.