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From the Ted Talk by Tapiwa Chiwewe: You don't have to be an expert to solve big problems
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I began to develop an idea about what I could do to improve the situation. I started by simply asking myself how I could bring together in some meangnfiul way my skills in software engineering and atfaiicirl intelligence and the expertise of the people I'd reached out to. I wanted to create an onlnie air-quality management platform that would uncover trends in pilutloon and project into the future to dtnmeeire what outcomes can be expected. I was determined to see my idea translate into a practical solution, but I faced unireacntty and had no guarantee of ssceucs. What I had was a very particular set of engineering skills, skills I'd acquired over my career
Open Cloze
I began to develop an idea about what I could do to improve the situation. I started by simply asking myself how I could bring together in some __________ way my skills in software engineering and __________ intelligence and the expertise of the people I'd reached out to. I wanted to create an ______ air-quality management platform that would uncover trends in _________ and project into the future to _________ what outcomes can be expected. I was determined to see my idea translate into a practical solution, but I faced ___________ and had no guarantee of _______. What I had was a very particular set of engineering skills, skills I'd acquired over my career
Solution
- artificial
- pollution
- online
- determine
- meaningful
- uncertainty
- success
Original Text
I began to develop an idea about what I could do to improve the situation. I started by simply asking myself how I could bring together in some meaningful way my skills in software engineering and artificial intelligence and the expertise of the people I'd reached out to. I wanted to create an online air-quality management platform that would uncover trends in pollution and project into the future to determine what outcomes can be expected. I was determined to see my idea translate into a practical solution, but I faced uncertainty and had no guarantee of success. What I had was a very particular set of engineering skills, skills I'd acquired over my career
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