# Scratch Projects at AI Tinkerers

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A block-based visual programming language and global community developed by the MIT Media Lab for creators aged 8 to 16.

Developed by the Lifelong Kindergarten group at the MIT Media Lab (led by Mitchel Resnick), Scratch enables users to build interactive stories, games, and animations without traditional syntax. The platform uses color-coded blocks (like 'Move 10 steps') that snap together to prevent coding errors: a design choice that has supported over 100 million shared projects since 2007. Available in 70+ languages, it serves as the primary gateway for computer science education in K-12 schools and introductory university tracks like Harvard's CS50.

- Official technology site: https://scratch.mit.edu/
- Public AI Tinkerers demos and talks: 2
- Result page: 1 of 1

## Recent Public Talks and Demos

### [Compose and Dragons: Tiny Language Models in Action](https://paris.aitinkerers.org/talks/rsvp_lNiq-CojExE)

Let's debunk some beliefs about (very) small LLMs, those that make less than 4b of parameters. We often hear: They are useless and do not know how to do anything, they know nothing, they are bad at calling (so no MCP) This is partly wrong, and we can fix the rest and build generative AI systems with these very small models. Among other things, we will see how to create NPCs with a personality, a master dungeon that will manage your movements, fights... and allow you to talk to this or that NPC ...

- Event context: AI Tinkerers Paris: Docker Agentic Workflows (Devoxx Kickoff) — 2026-04-21 — Paris
- Public talk page: https://paris.aitinkerers.org/talks/rsvp_lNiq-CojExE

### [Mon IA](https://conakry.aitinkerers.org/talks/rsvp_p9q34CIbhM4)

Entraînement d'un modèle de machine learning pour l'automatisation d'iot par des enfants (13 ans)

- Event context: AI Tinkerers – Conakry: Inaugural AI Conference @ Afrinov Tech Expo — 2026-02-11 — Conakry
- Public talk page: https://conakry.aitinkerers.org/talks/rsvp_p9q34CIbhM4

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