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FAQ

Q: What is EQAI?
A: EQAI Academy is a pioneering educational initiative dedicated to bridging the digital divide and ensuring equitable access to the AI revolution. Our mission is to empower underserved communities with the tools, skills, and mindsets essential for success in the rapidly evolving AI economy.
Q: Is EQAI a non-profit?
A: EQAI Academy defies traditional categorization—we are neither a non-profit nor a conventional business. Our mission is to prove that investing in underserved communities and unlocking their potential in the AI era can be both profitable and sustainable. Through diverse proofs-of-concept and prototypes, we aim to demonstrate that the next chapter of human evolution in AI should not be solely driven by Silicon Valley tech giants. By leveraging innovative technologies and non-traditional business models, and drawing inspiration from a broader spectrum of motivations beyond mere profit or stock growth, we strive to:
Redefine the landscape of AI education and its global impact.
Foster innovation that addresses unique local and global challenges.
Create a more inclusive and diverse AI ecosystem.
Demonstrate that ethical AI development can be both socially impactful and economically viable.
This approach allows us to tap into the vast, untapped potential of underserved communities, not just preparing them for the future, but empowering them to actively shape it. In doing so, we’re cultivating a new generation of AI innovators and leaders from diverse backgrounds, enriching the field with fresh perspectives and groundbreaking applications.
Q: What is the mission of EQAI?
A: Our mission is to empower underserved communities with the knowledge and skills needed to succeed in the AI economy, thereby transforming the AI revolution into a catalyst for global equity and progress. Recognizing that AI can also result in widening economic and social disparities, EQAI Academy aims to explore the possibilities of this revolution when priority is shifted to historically underserved populations. 
Q: How does EQAI address digital inequality? 
A: EQAI Academy prioritizes those who have historically lacked equal access to digital resources. We recognize the existing challenges in delivering education to these target demographics. By focusing our curriculum design on these challenges, we seek to provide alternatives to traditional education, bypassing and interrogating the assumptions of conventional educational systems that may become obsolete with the advent of AI. By democratizing access to AI education and fostering a diverse community of future leaders, we aim to mitigate social inequalities and create a more inclusive technological future.
Q: What is unique about EQAI’s curriculum?
A: Our curriculum blends cutting-edge technological training with crucial soft skills development, preparing students not just to participate in the AI economy but to lead and innovate within it. Additionally, our pedagogical approach explores tech-enabled personalizations that addresses the specific challenges to learning faced by our target demographics.
Q: What courses does EQAI offer?
A: At the moment, “B4 the AI Yells Cut” is our signature AI filmmaking and cinema online course. It is a non-technically focused curriculum inspired by the Socratic method and values, aiming to harmonize cinematic traditions with AI’s boundless possibilities, forging a visionary new era of storyteIIing by investigating the timeIess aspects of screen craft. The course wiII foster thoughtfuI diaIogue around the phiIosophies, ethics, aesthetics, and sensibiIities that have aIways been chaIIenging to define and nurture, yet are haIImarks for great fiIm storyteIIing.
Q: Who teaches the flagship course?
A: The course is taught by our founder, Gary Yong, who is a multidisciplinary artist and filmmaker with extensive experience in blending tradition and cutting-edge technology. He is an experienced commercial director who has shot campaigns internationally including major brands like Coca-Cola, Alipay, and Johnson & Johnson, as well as working on innovative projects that incorporate AI into filmmaking. Most recently he was also featured as a panelist at the Amsterdam AI Film Festival, the first festival dedicated to the new medium in the Netherlands and Europe.

About Company

   EQAI Academy is a pioneering educational initiative dedicated to bridging the digital divide and ensuring equitable access to the AI revolution.
   Our mission is to empower underserved communities with the tools, skills, and mindsets essential for success in the rapidly evolving AI economy.
   Our curriculum blends cutting-edge technological training with crucial soft skills development, preparing students not just to participate in the AI economy, but to lead and innovate within it.

In a groundbreaking exchange, Amazonian and Inuit communities connect via AI-powered Zoom chats, sharing and evolving their ancestral knowledge to address adaptation to modern challenges.
This collaboration, made possible by equitable access to AI education, sparks a global movement of indigenous voices contributing their unique perspectives to solve pressing world issues.

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A young Fulani herder uses AI messaging and video journaling to converse freely about sustainable grazing practices to an incubator of environmental tech developers in California.

The open, direct, and freely flowing dialogue expands the potential applications for global land management, paving a new age of eco-innovation that harmonizes traditional wisdom with cutting-edge technology.

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AI-powered learning platforms enable youth from historically
conflicted regions to engage in safe, moderated dialogues.

Through language translation and cultural context tools, participants share personal stories, dispel misconceptions, and collaborate on community projects.

These exchanges plant seeds of empathy and understanding, demonstrating how equitable access to AI can create spaces for peaceful interaction and shared learning in even the most  challenging
circumstances.

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Water management experts from Singapore connect with Quechuan farmers via the ease of AI portals, bonding over their shared legacy of advanced water management and  vertical agriculture.

Through this new dialogue that eliminates language and cultural barriers, Singaporean urban technologists share AI-driven climate prediction models, helping the Quechuans adapt their traditional farming methods to new environmental challenges.

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Tibetan monks use brain-computer interfaces to demonstrate the effects of their meditation techniques, collaborating with Western neuroscientists to develop new mental health treatments.

This partnership illustrates new fields of study that normalizes Eastern philosophical insights with Western scientific methodologies, showcasing the power of inclusive, cross-cultural innovation in addressing global health challenges.

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Gary Yong is a multidisciplinary artist and filmmaker whose work transcends cultural boundaries, seamlessly blending tradition and cutting-edge technology in an unorthodox, globe-trotting career.

His passion for social advocacy and pushing creative boundaries has been a driving force throughout his career as a commercial director, shaping a global perspective with a unique cultural fluency.

While based in Shanghai, he directed for brands like Coca-Cola, Alipay, Johnson & Johnson, and Chinese government agencies like China State Grid, working with Chinese household names like Liu Tao and Zhu Yawen, and shooting in locations as diverse as Milan, Indonesia, and South Africa.

His branded short for the first Chinese lesbian dating app Rela attracted social commentary and praise from renowned scholar Li Yinhe, pioneer of Women's Studies, Sexology and LGBTQ rights in China, and is still at 6M views on Youtube.


An early adopter of the power of AI, his first experiment to incorporate generative AI visuals into live-action filmmaking resulted in "Encounter with Jiangnan" which garnered over 1M views on Chinese Weibo within its first month.

His fully AI generated short "3.5 Seconds" is a proof-of-concept that opens a window into a world-building project "ARTifacts of the Future", and has already been featured at the recent Amsterdam AI Film Festival, the first festival event dedicated to the new medium in the Netherlands and Europe.

Hosted by the MadHatter Foundation, he was also invited to speak on a panel about the groundbreaking changes on the state of the art at the EYE Film Institute, the only museum for film and the art of the moving image in the Netherlands.

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Suette is a dynamic project manager with a robust multicultural background, excelling in bridging strategic sectors.

She has held key positions such as Communications Director at Green Quantum Group, International Marketing Consultant at ASLI, and Senior Executive at Moutamarat in the UAE.

Focused on economic development and connecting diverse sectors in resource management, she is a solution-oriented negotiator with exceptional communication skills, demonstrated through her managing roles in key regional economic summits.

As Regional Manager at the World Economic Forum, she coordinated major events including the East Asia Economic Summit, the China Business Summit, and the Annual Meeting in Davos. 

Suette played a supporting role in the UAE National Experts Program, a pioneering initiative designed to foster expertise and leadership among emerging Emirati talents, aligning with the UAE's future vision.

Her efforts focused on elevating participants' profiles through orchestrated participation in major international events and strategic media engagements.

Building on her extensive experience in economic development and leadership cultivation, Suette is uniquely positioned to nurture EQAI Academy's cohort of future leaders.

Her expertise will be instrumental in equipping them with the essential skills and knowledge to navigate and shape our rapidly evolving technological landscape.

 

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About EQAI Academy

  EQAI Academy is a pioneering educational initiative dedicated to bridging the digital divide and ensuring equitable access to the AI revolution.

  Our mission is to empower underserved communities with the tools, skills, and mindsets essential for success in the rapidly evolving AI economy.

 

  Recognizing that existing wealth and digital literacy gaps between developed and developing economies risk being exacerbated by AI advancements, EQAI Academy prioritizes those who have historically lacked equal access to digital resources.

  Our curriculum blends cutting-edge technological training with crucial soft skills development, preparing students not just to participate in the AI economy, but to lead and innovate within it.

  By democratizing access to AI education and fostering a diverse community of future leaders, EQAI Academy aims to mitigate social inequalities and create a more inclusive technological future.

  We believe that by equipping underserved populations with the knowledge and skills to harness AI's potential, we can transform the AI revolution from a force that widens disparity into a catalyst for global equity and progress.

 

  “B4 the AI Yells Cut” is a signature AI Filmmaking & Cinema online course offered under EQAI as our flagship commercial digital product, and will be taught by our founder.

  It is a non-technically focused curriculum, inspired by the Socratic method and values, to pioneer a new form of education as we venture into the unchartered territory of the future.

  It seeks to harmonize our cinematic traditions with AI's boundless possibilities, forging a visionary new era of storytelling by investigating the timeless aspects of screencraft.

  The course will foster thoughtful dialogue around the philosophies, ethics, aesthetics, and sensibilities that have always been challenging to define and nurture, yet are hallmarks for great film storytelling. 

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