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Getting comfortable with AI — no code, no pressure, just exploration.
Getting comfortable with AI — no code, no pressure, just exploration.
🤖 Exercise 1 — Ask AI Something You're Curious About
Open ChatGPT. Low stakes. No code. No right answer. Just get comfortable talking to AI.
Try these prompts
- Explain how a car engine works like I'm 10 years old
- What's the difference between a croissant and a regular roll?
- Why do some people sneeze when they look at the sun?
✍️ Exercise 2 — Ask AI to Write Something for You
Prompt
Write me a 3-sentence bio for a social media profile
Read what it wrote. Is it accurate? Does it sound like you?
Now ask it to revise — tell it what to change.
This is your first experience with the prompt → output → feedback → iterate loop. This is the core workflow of the entire program.
Now ask it to revise — tell it what to change.
This is your first experience with the prompt → output → feedback → iterate loop. This is the core workflow of the entire program.
❓ Exercise 3 — Ask AI Something It Can't Answer
- What color shirt am I wearing right now?
- What did I eat for breakfast?
- Who's in my class right now?
⚠️ AI will answer confidently — and be completely wrong. It doesn't know. But it sounds like it does. That's important to understand.
🎮 Lab Exercise 4 — The Prediction Game 20 min
Part A — Finish the sentence
Before you hit enter, write down what YOU would say. Then compare.
- The best thing about Fridays is
- If I could have any superpower, I would choose
- The hardest part about starting something new is
Questions to answer
- Did AI's answer match yours? Why or why not?
- Run prompt #1 three times. Did you get the same answer each time?
- What does this tell you about how AI works?
Part B — Break it on purpose
Try to get AI to say something wrong:
- Ask it what year it is
- Ask it to count the letters in "strawberry"
- Ask it a question about yourself that it can't possibly know
📝 Write down: One thing AI got wrong, and why you think it happened.
💻 Lab Exercise 5 — AI Can Code 20 min
Step 1 — Prompt to ChatGPT
Write a simple HTML page that says "Hello, World!" in big blue text, centered on the page, with a light gray background.
Steps
- Copy the code AI gives you
- Open Replit → create a new HTML/CSS/JS project
- Paste the code into the
index.htmlfile - Click "Run" and see what happens
Reference — Day 1 Replit example
🌐 simple-hello--fundlush1.replit.app
Questions
- Did it work? What do you see?
- Look at the code. Can you find where it says "Hello, World!"?
- Can you find where the color blue is set?
Levels
- Level 1: Change "Hello, World!" to your name. Run it again.
- Level 2: Change the color from blue to red. (Hint: look for the word "blue" in the code)
- Level 3: Add a second line of text below your name — maybe your favorite quote or what you're excited to learn.
What the finished code looks like
<!-- index.html -->
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
body {
background: #f0f0f0; /* light gray background */
display: flex;
justify-content: center;
align-items: center;
height: 100vh;
margin: 0;
}
h1 {
color: blue; /* ← change "blue" to "red" for Level 2 */
font-size: 3rem;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div>
<h1>Hello, World!</h1> <!-- ← change this for Level 1 -->
<p>Your text here</p> <!-- ← add this for Level 3 -->
</div>
</body>
</html>