Today’s topics were quite broad, with one being social entrepreneurship and the other AI. Given the differences, we were all presented with the choice to pick one or the other to write our blogs on! Given how I plan to eventually get the certificate for AI foundations in business through the University of Pittsburgh, I…
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Day 10: AI & American Eats
This trip is slowly nearing its end, yet I feel like we arrived just yesterday. Our morning consisted of a site visit to a startup called MCISE that focused on social entrepreneurship, a term that was truly redefined for me after the visit. After juice and plenty of cookies, our group headed back to our…
Average Won’t Cut It Anymore
We had a packed day today with both going to the site visit at MCISE and coming back to the CCCL for a talk about AI from Zouheir Lakhdissi. I find the topic of AI to always come up in this day and age so I’m choosing that topic to write about for my blog…
AI and the changing world
Today was a great day. I got up, grabbed a delicious breakfast, and headed to Technopark Rabat. It was really interesting meeting the local companies there. At first, I thought it was just another Technopark, but it turned out to be a different company, MCISE, renting space within the park. Even though they were separate…
AI Can’t Replace This $3 Crepe
Today, our speaker highlighted how AI is reshaping the role that we as humans play in entrepreneurship. He was extremely optimistic about the projection and development of the industry. One thing he emphasized was how easy it has become to skip the first stages of business development, as most people now spend more time correcting…
AI no Allen Iverson
AI is something that I believe will undoubtedly have a profound impact on the world, and I think it will change our lives in ways that most people don’t even think about. The discussion about AI today reinforced this belief of mine, as hearing someone who is already extremely successful utilizing AI and continuously invests…
Shark out of Water
Today we went to Rabat Technopark, which is unrelated to the Technopark in Casablanca despite the name. After a break, we heard from Zouheir Lakhdissi, a tech CEO and successful Moroccan Shark Tank contestant whose lecture changed the way I think about artificial intelligence. Zouheir’s talk was so relevant that it was impossible to ignore,…
Sai Got Us
The AI discussion today really made me think. I have been told and understand that the job market will change drastically because of AI. It is nerve-racking to think about the impacts that AI will have directly on me. I felt a little scared when the speaker said that all intermediate jobs will be replaced…
Day 10: At least Ai can’t take my spot at the beach
Today we had a great discussion on AI and the impact it is having now and will continue to have in the future. For me, as someone who is soon going to be looking for a job, selfishly my biggest takeaway was hearing that if you are not in the top 10% of your profession,…
Day 10: Computa, make AI super helpful and efficient
Today we had our site visit outside of the Old Medina in Rabat. We visited the Rabat Technopark, where we had our discussion about social entrepreneurship. Social entrepreneurship is defined as the practice of building mission driven businesses to solve societal and environmental challenges. While traditional businesses measure success primarily through profit, social enterprises reinvests…
Good People
It’s another day in Rabat! Today we learned about two new areas that we haven’t discussed much yet on the trip: social entrepreneurship and AI. We started with a site visit to The Moroccan Center for Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship (MCISE) and then went back to CCCL after lunch for a discussion on AI with…
Chat pls dont take my future job
I left our discussion on AI frightened. Will all of my years of hard work in high school and college be for nothing? Will I be able to find a job out of college? Should I have paid attention to Altaf in programming essentials??? Our discussion made me realize how quickly the workforce is shifting,…
Day 10: AI takeover.. or not
Today we had another site visit at the Rabat technopark, and we had a lecture about AI concepts from a guest investor on Morocco’s Shark Tank. He informed us in many ways about AI concepts and how they are being incorporated into entrepreneurship. peaking on his experiences and what he has seen take over and…
Day 9: A entrepreneurial story
Today was a lot of fun and very exciting! We started off the day with a lesson from Farrah, the founder of the Cross Cultural Center for Learning. Her story was impactful, had ups and downs, and she showcased her determined spirit. Farrah explaoned to us how seh started her business idea through the prcoess…
Embracing AI One Chat at a Time
Our discussion on AI today really helped me reflect on how the way we work is changing. While businesses used to have to focus on the planning stage of a business project, AI capabilities are taking control of this step. With planning being done by AI, business personnel now have to focus more on initiating…
Chat are we cooked?
One of the biggest takeaways from the AI discussion was how important adaptability will be in the future. AI is developing so quickly that it is impossible to ignore the impact it will have on society through education and the workforce. A lot of the conversation around AI focuses on negatives such as job loss…
Entrepreneurship and Dancing Days
Today started with me waking up and getting to the CCCL by 9:00. Once we got there, we had a talk with Farah, the head of the CCCL. She told us about her journey into entrepreneurship and how growing up in Morocco, she still felt the effects of colonization in everyday life. I thought that…
One Hour, One Idea, One Poster
Today we heard from Farah(one of my favorite speakers), the founder of CCCL right here in Rabat. She was genuinely one of those speakers you just don’t want to stop listening to. Her voice was mesmerizing to me. To sum her up she is engaging, funny, and the kind of person who makes you sit…
Day 9: Catsbah
Farah’s discussion had a major influence on our entrepreneurship exercise, and I took away many valuable lessons from her story. One point that stood out to me most was her advice to always hold onto your ideas, even if the timing is not perfect. An idea may not work at one moment in life, but…