Summer workshop on Machine Learning - July 2026, free, virtual

[Saber Khan]

Hi folks, 

I hope the year is ending well. I am offering a free and virtual three session camp in July to look at Machine Learning and how it generates text, images, and videos. In the camp we will look at the theory, play with some tools that illustrate, and then conduct experiments that allow us to shine a light into the black box. 

Details and interest form at at https://ccfest.rocks/ccfest-camp

Happy to answer any questions you have about the camp.

Saber Khan

[Saber Khan]

Hi folks,

Happy summer. One last plug for my free and virtual camp next month on Learning Machines, a beginner-friendly, no code, introduction to machine learning via "unplugged" activities, collaboration, and thoughtful investigations. The CC Fest Camps, this is the 5th class in 3 years, is a warm and friendly group of educators, artists, learners from across the globe. You can express interest via this form. All the details at https://ccfest.rocks/ccfest-camp.

What This Is
Learning Machines is a free, beginner-friendly creative AI camp for educators, artists, students, and curious learners. Across three core sessions plus an optional studio, we investigate how generative AI systems create text, images, and video.

This is much more than a prompt-engineering tutorial. It is an investigation: what is the machine actually doing, what does the human contribute, and what does the system assume?

Summer Learning Machines Camp Dates:
(9 am to 11 am PT / 12 pm to 2 pm ET / 16:00–18:00 UTC)
July 11 — Machines That Write. Tokens, prediction, temperature, and the gap between fluent output and understanding.
July 18 — Machines That Imagine. Pixels, diffusion, and the Default Test: what the machine assumes when you don't specify.
July 25 — Machines That Move. Drift, coherence, anchoring, and why video failure is evidence.
Optional studio (date tbd with the cohort) — One Thing I Made, Found, Taught, or Questioned. A low-pressure share: unfinished work, lesson sketches, investigations, and critiques all count.

Joining from outside the continental US? The logistics page has session times for Honolulu through Tokyo — and if the live time doesn't work, the async route below is a full path through the camp.

Rough versions of camp materials are available here. The activities comes from a high school Gen AI class I co-taught with filmmaker/educator, Danny Games at Campbell Hall this last semester. The site is vibe-coded but attendees do not need to use AI to be a part of the camp. In fact, the materials are made specifically for no AI usage and little computer usage. Sessions will be recorded and detailed recaps, AI generated and human edited, will be shared so asynchronized participation is feasible. 

If you have any questions about the camp or want to chat about creative coding, CC Fest, whatever you can grab time on my appointment calendar.