{"id":185832,"date":"2026-02-09T12:55:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T17:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/09\/more-human-on-science-fairs-artificial-intelligence-and-educational-experiments\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T13:00:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T18:00:15","slug":"more-human-on-science-fairs-artificial-intelligence-and-educational-experiments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/09\/more-human-on-science-fairs-artificial-intelligence-and-educational-experiments\/","title":{"rendered":"More Human: On Science Fairs, Artificial Intelligence, and Educational Experiments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/therumpus.net\/2026\/02\/09\/more-human-on-science-fairs-artificial-intelligence-and-educational-experiments\/\">More Human: On Science Fairs, Artificial Intelligence, and Educational Experiments<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/therumpus.net\/2026\/02\/09\/more-human-on-science-fairs-artificial-intelligence-and-educational-experiments\/\">https:\/\/therumpus.net\/2026\/02\/09\/more-human-on-science-fairs-artificial-intelligence-and-educational-experiments\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-02-09 12:55:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"therumpus.net\">therumpus.net<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The author&#8217;s childhood interest in AI, sparked by a science fair project in 6th grade.<\/li>\n<li>The landing of Mars rovers &#8220;Opportunity&#8221; 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