Hi, I'm Mir Kahol

Basketball Journey

Basketball is one of the biggest parts of my life. I practise my dribbling every day, and one to three times a week I get to a court and work on my moves. My favourite shot is a side-step three, with the mid-range pull-up right behind it — and right now I'm putting most of my reps into my layups.

I admire Kobe Bryant and Stephen Curry, and I try to learn from both of them — their moves and their mindset. I want to play with Kobe's work ethic, Curry's shooting confidence, and Scottie Barnes' defensive energy.

Basketball means a lot to me. Whenever I'm sad, I pick up a basketball and I feel much better. It's the place I go to clear my head — and the place I'm building toward something.

Achievements

• Trained with Scottie Barnes and the Toronto Raptors head coach at a camp
• Met Scottie Barnes in person
• Won a 3-point competition at a friend's birthday party
• Trains consistently in basketball and the gym
• Working on becoming a better shooter, defender, and all-around player

EcoQuest is a chatbot I built that runs on local LLMs instead of the huge cloud data centres that power tools like ChatGPT. Because everything runs on-device, EcoQuest burns about 70% less energy for the same conversations — proving that useful AI doesn't have to come at such a heavy cost to the environment.

EcoQuest was recognized with an Ingenious+ Regional Award, and I received the award from the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, the Honourable Edith Dumont. It's a project I'm really proud of, because it shows how AI can help people while being far kinder to the planet.

This is the humanoid robot I'm building. It walks, it talks, and it does plenty of other things — with a long list of new abilities I'm still coding. Fun fact: it weighs almost 100 pounds, so nothing about it is a simulation. If the code is wrong, you feel it in the room.

It's the project that pulls everything I like together: hardware you can put your hands on, software that has to work the first time, and AI that makes the whole thing feel alive. This section will keep growing as I teach it more.

I won my school's speech competition with a speech on AI ethics — how we can build and use artificial intelligence in a way that's fair, honest, and good for people. It's a topic I care about deeply, and getting up in front of everyone to argue for it was one of my proudest moments.

Speaking about AI ethics tied right back into my own work — projects like EcoQuest come from believing that technology should help people without costing us more than it's worth.

Fairness & Bias

AI learns from data, and biased data leads to biased decisions. I talked about why we have to build systems that treat everyone fairly.

Privacy & Responsibility

The people who build AI are responsible for how it's used. I made the case for protecting people's data and being honest about what AI can and can't do.

AI for Good

Used the right way, AI can help people and even the planet — the same idea that pushed me to build EcoQuest.

Guitar

Music is the other side of my discipline. I started on acoustic as a kid and now play electric, recently earning my RSL Rockschool Grade 4 with a Merit. Right now I'm preparing for my Grade 5 exam, and my goal is to score 90+ for a Distinction. The same routine that drives my game on the court — show up, put in the reps, get a little better every day — is exactly how I approach the guitar.

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