Mandar Kulkarni

Technology Ethicist, Screenwriter, Edupreneur

[THE labs @thelabsindia]

We launched The Algorithms and The Republic tour on 26th Jan through the hands of one of our supporters - @vaibhavbetter, founder of Better & Domkundwar Foundation.

He visited the exhibit, interacted with children, understood our work in a deeper way and shared his insights.

[Vaibhav Domkundwar @vaibhavbetter]

Here’s the link to donate: https://t.co/imBxlA8NVC

[Vaibhav Domkundwar @vaibhavbetter]

I just donated to THE Labs, and I’d love for you to join me today.

THE Labs works with underserved students (Grades 6–8), teaching them AI and Humanities to build AI Confidence so they’re not left behind as AI transforms our world. Instead of being marginalized by technology, these kids are learning to understand, question, and create with it.

In just over a year, THE Labs has already reached 200 students and is on track to impact 4,000+ children in the next 18 months.

I’ve known the co-founders, Mandar and Mayura, for over a decade and I’m not at all surprised they’ve built something this meaningful and ambitious. Their vision and execution are deeply inspiring.

Their crowdfunding campaign ends today, so if you believe in education as empowerment, now’s the time to act.

👉 Link in the first comment.

As part of our own nonprofit project DF, where education is one of our three pillars, I’m excited to collaborate closely with THE Labs and support their incredible journey ahead.

Let’s help more kids build confidence - not fear - around AI.

[THE labs @thelabsindia]

⚠️ Why children at THE labs are creating fake content? 🤯

Because understanding AI's impact on society is a core component of AI literacy. Once these children grasp how AI works at it's core, they take on projects like these to test by how easily communities can be misled.

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[Mandar Kulkarni @MeeMandar]

At this masterclass I am delivering today at EdTech Society, we will take a look at how technologies of the past have shaped society—sometimes for the better, sometimes for worse and how we can learn from those examples and steer AI towards the collective good of humanity.

[Mandar Kulkarni @MeeMandar]

What determines whether a technology uplifts or disrupts? The question has never been more urgent. As AI evolves at an unprecedented pace, the choices we make carry greater weight than ever before. The future isn’t just about what AI can do, but what we choose to do with it.

[atul kulkarni @atul_kulkarni]

#ChaloKashmir #Feet_in_Kashmir #Kashmiriyat #love_compassion #DefeatTerror

[THE labs @thelabsindia]

Children from our pilot program explaining ‘How AI has learnt some impossible concepts!’ 👨🏽‍💻

#ai #humanities #education

[THE labs @thelabsindia]

Children from our pilot program explaining ‘How to write high quality prompts!’ 👨🏽‍💻

Watch the entire panel discussion here🔗https://t.co/2f114ilPZe

#technology #humanities #entrepreneurship

[THE labs @thelabsindia]

Saturdays at THE labs are full of learnings.

Our cofounder, @kedarmarathe18 recently conducted a session on ‘neural networks’ which our entire team including one of our advisors, @NileshNimkar6 attended.

[THE labs @thelabsindia]

How does an intersection of #ai, #humanities & #entrepreneurship really look like in the classroom?

Recently, when our children were introduced to an AI that can recognize objects, they immediately searched for what use cases can they find that can benefit from this AI.

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[THE labs @thelabsindia]

We’re unwrapping a little mystery today! Ever wondered what E in THE labs really stands for?

Well, it stands for, drumroll, please 🥁… Entrepreneurship.

Why, you ask?

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#technology #humanities #entrepreneurship

[THE labs @thelabsindia]

We’re unwrapping a little mystery today! Ever wondered what H in THE labs really stands for?

Well, it stands for, drumroll, please 🥁… Humanities.

Why, you ask?

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#ai #humanities #education

[THE labs @thelabsindia]

We’re unwrapping a little mystery today! Ever wondered what T in THE labs really stands for?

Well, it stands for, drumroll, please 🥁… Technology.

Why, you ask?

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#ai #technology #education

[THE labs @thelabsindia]

The leadership team from The Circle India recently visited our pilot and interacted with children. They saw the children's work and the analysis of pre-post data of our first module. We are privileged to be a part of their 2023 incubation cohort.

#ai #humanities #education

[THE labs @thelabsindia]

Representatives from our CSR partners - @RapidCircle_IN, #DivgiTTS & @TollGroupGlobal recently visited our pilot. All of them left with a lot of learnings & hope. We thank them for their generous support. We could not have launched this without them.

#ai #humanities #education

[THE labs @thelabsindia]

We launched our pilot! 🥳

It takes a lot of time & talent to launch a robust pilot especially when creating a curriculum that doesn't exist & having very little to refer to. Pilot of THE labs wasn't an exception!

Thanks to our funders, incubators & the team!

#AI #Education

[Driya Creatives @DriyaCreatives]

We were privileged to join in solidarity with vitiligo community and make this small film about a vitiligo warrior Nupur Kale with support from @ahammune

Do watch!

https://t.co/ZIc2B2Vejt

[Mandar Kulkarni @MeeMandar]

@codesuyog Can't agree more, Suyog. That's exactly why we want to work with the children at the intersection of technology and humanities through @thelabsindia

[Mandar Kulkarni @MeeMandar]

Why technological hegemony can rule the world and how do we save underserved children from it? 🧵

#AI #humanities #education

[Mandar Kulkarni @MeeMandar]

There are hardly any conversations happening around this right now. So, this was my attempt to start one. Curious to know what you think.

[Mandar Kulkarni @MeeMandar]

We need to enable underserved children in learning cutting-edge technologies at a semantic level so that they are better equipped - to leverage those for their contexts, to quickly adapt to the cascading innovations
& most importantly, to develop a lens to critically evaluate.