American Community School of Abu Dhabi

Bringing Artificial Intelligence to ACS — in theory and in practice.

The ACS AI Club is a student-led society where learners of every experience level explore AI, use it responsibly, engage with the UAE's growing AI ecosystem, serve our school community, and build meaningful projects together.

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Learn · Build · ServeHands-on with real technology
No Prerequisites

No AI knowledge. No programming experience. Just curiosity.

Complete beginners belong here. Experienced programmers belong here too. We learn collectively — and those further along help those just starting. Curiosity and a willingness to learn matter more than anything you have done before.

Learn

Explore AI, machine learning and generative tools together — no prior experience required.

Use Responsibly

Understand hallucinations, bias and misinformation so AI is used critically and ethically.

Serve

Share knowledge with the ACS community through talks, campaigns and a library tech section.

Build

Identify a real ACS need and collaborate on a meaningful AI-supported project.

Principal Members

The students leading the club

A student-led society learning, building and serving together.

Omar Farooq TAHIRI

Co-Founder / Co-Leader

Grade 10

Amaar SHEIKH

Co-Founder / Co-Leader

Grade 10

Seoha KIM

Deputy

Grade 12

ACS students exploring a virtual-reality Mars base in the innovation lab

Technology already lives at ACS — the AI Club gives students a place to explore it with purpose.

Our Mission

A place to learn AI with curiosity and responsibility

Our mission is to bring AI to ACS both in theory and in practice. We aim to learn collectively about AI and its applications, promote responsible and informed use by raising awareness about issues such as hallucinations and bias, serve the ACS community, and eventually use what we learn to develop meaningful projects.

No prerequisites. Beginners and experienced members learn collectively — Learn. Build. Serve.

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Upcoming Experiences

Something is taking shape

Visits, speakers, conferences and shared learning — we are preparing experiences worth waiting for. Nothing here is confirmed yet.

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COMING SOON

Ongoing communications — We are preparing something special

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What We Want to Achieve

Learn. Build. Serve.

Concrete commitments for the year — from learning the fundamentals to running a school-wide AI Day.

01

Learn AI Collectively

Members at beginner, intermediate and advanced starting levels will learn AI theory and practice together, sharing ideas and helping each other grow.

02

Run an AI Awareness Campaign

Raise awareness within ACS and, where opportunities exist, across other schools and the wider community. Explore what AI is, responsible use, hallucinations, misinformation, bias and critical evaluation of AI outputs. Presentations to younger students may form part of this work.

03

One Useful AI Project

Complete at least one useful AI project addressing an agreed real need. Members will choose the specific problem and project together as their skills develop.

04

Permanent Tech Section at Library

Establish a lasting ACS library section with useful resources in artificial intelligence, programming, technology and mathematics.

05

Organize an ACS AI Day

Bring AI learning to the school community through demonstrations, activities, project showcases, responsible-AI discussions and other shared experiences.

The UAE AI Ecosystem

Learning from a world-class AI hub on our doorstep

Abu Dhabi and the wider UAE host universities, research institutes and companies at the frontier of AI. We want students to learn from — and eventually engage with — this ecosystem.

New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD)

Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi

A leading research university on Saadiyat Island with active work in computer science, machine learning and applied AI — a valuable window into university-level AI research for students at ACS.

Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI)

Masdar City, Abu Dhabi

The world’s first university dedicated entirely to artificial intelligence, based in Abu Dhabi — a globally significant hub for AI education and research that ACS students can look to as a model of what serious AI study looks like.

Technology Innovation Institute (TII)

Masdar City, Abu Dhabi

A global scientific research centre and the organization behind the Falcon family of open large language models — a landmark example of AI research produced in the UAE, and an institute the club hopes to learn from.

Hub71

Al Khatem Tower, ADGM Square, Al Maryah Island, Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi’s global tech ecosystem supporting startups, including many AI-focused ventures — a way for students to understand how AI moves from research into real companies.

Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM)

Al Maryah Island, Abu Dhabi

An international financial centre developing frameworks for technology and innovation, relevant to how AI is governed and commercialized in the region.

G42

Capital Gate, Al Khaleej Al Arabi Street, Abu Dhabi

An Abu Dhabi-based artificial intelligence and cloud-computing group working across healthcare, climate and large-scale AI — a flagship of the UAE’s AI ambitions.

Curious about AI? There's a place for you here.

Learn. Build. Serve. Whether you are a complete beginner or already writing code, the ACS AI Club welcomes every student who wants to learn, question and build — together.