#Exercises — Session 8 🟢 # “Create with AI: your creative studio” **Program:** Applied AI — Beginner Level · Instructor: Yann Isola **Material:** paper + markers. Access to AI tools useful but **never obligatory**: each exercise has its “screenless” version. --- ## Exercise 1 — The prompt in 5 ingredients 🧪 **Duration: 12 min · In pairs · Restitution: reading aloud** ### The idea A successful creative prompt contains **5 ingredients**: **subject, style, atmosphere, details, constraints**. Your mission: write a complete one… and know how to recognize the ingredients in others. ### Unrolled **Step 1 (3 min) — The diagnosis.** Here are three prompts. For each, check the ingredients present and note what is missing: 1. “Draw a cat.” » 2. “A pirate cat on a cheese raft, comic book style.” » 3. “A pirate cat on a cheese raft, comic book style, peaceful sunset ambiance, with a seagull stealing his hat, no text in the image. » **Step 2 (7 min) — Creation.** In pairs, write YOUR complete prompt with the 5 ingredients, based on one of the following topics (or your own): 🌊 a city under the sea · 🤖 a robot gardener · 🎪 a circus on the Moon · 🐉 a shy dragon Write each ingredient on a separate line, then assemble the final sentence. **Step 3 (2 min) — Cross-checking.** Exchange your prompt with another pair: they must find the 5 ingredients. If one is missing or if two contradict each other, correct it! ### Version without screen This exercise is already 100% paper. Bonus without screen: draw in 60 seconds what YOU imagine from the prompt received — compare with the intention of the author pair. --- ## Exercise 2 — Human AI 🎭 (the I-P-C-I loop) **Duration: 15 min · In teams of 4 · No screen necessary** ### The idea To understand the **Idea → Prompt → Criticism → Iteration** loop, we play it for real: in each team, one person becomes the “AI” and draws **exactly** what is asked of them — literally, without guessing the intentions. Like a real AI! ### Roles - 🖍️ **AI**: draws in 60 seconds, very literally. If the prompt says “a cake with stars”, she is free to put the stars IN the cake. Prohibition on asking questions. - 🎨 **The artistic director**: has a secret image in mind (provided by the instructor or invented), writes the prompts. - 🔎 **The two reviews**: after each drawing, say 1 thing that works and 1 thing to change. ### Unrolled **Round 1 (3 min).** The director writes a short prompt (1 sentence). The AI ​​draws 60 sec. Critics comment. **Round 2 (3 min).** The director rewrites his prompt taking into account the criticism (the 5 ingredients help!). AI redraws. Reviews. **Round 3 (3 min).** Last iteration. Objective: to get as close as possible to the secret image. **Review (3 min).** Compare the final drawing with the initial intention. What improved the result the most: drawing better, or describing better? **Turn roles** if time permits. ### What we learn - An AI takes everything **literally**: it's up to the prompt to be precise. - The first result is rarely the right one: **iteration is part of the job**. - Useful criticism is specific (“the sky should be stormy”) and not vague (“it’s ugly”). ---## Exercise 3 — The studio project: the client’s order 🎬 **Duration: 25 min · In teams of 3-4 · Feedback: 1 min per team** ### The idea Your team is a **creative studio**. A (fictitious) customer places an order with you. You must deliver a professional final prompt using the entire I-P-C-I loop — and respect the rules of creative honesty. ### Unrolled **Step 1 (2 min) — The order.** Pull out a “customer order” sheet (provided by the instructor: bakery poster, town hall mascot, album cover, astronomy logo, etc.). Read the need AND the two constraints carefully. **Step 2 (5 min) — Idea.** Brainstorm: 3 ideas minimum, then vote for ONE. Make an intention sketch (30 seconds, ugly allowed). **Step 3 (6 min) — Prompt v1.** Write the prompt with the 5 ingredients. Check that the client's constraints are included. **Step 4 (5 min) — Cross-critique.** Pass your prompt to the neighboring team. It “plays the AI”: it draws or describes the literal result, then returns it to you with **2 specific critiques**. (Studio rule: we criticize the prompt and the result, never the people.) **Step 5 (5 min) — Prompt v2.** Improve your prompt with reviews. Write down WHAT you changed and WHY. **Step 6 (2 min) — Prepare for delivery.** A presentation sentence + the statement of honesty: *“Created with the help of an AI”*. ### The delivery form (to be returned)``` STUDIO : ................ CLIENT : ................ PROMPT v1 : .............................................. CRITIQUES REÇUES : 1) .................. 2) .................. PROMPT v2 : .............................................. CE QU'ON A CHANGÉ ET POURQUOI : .......................... CONTRAINTES DU CLIENT RESPECTÉES ? ☐ oui ☐ non MENTION D'HONNÊTETÉ PRÉVUE ? ☐ oui ```### Version with screens In steps 4 and 5, actually generate the v1 and v2 images with the available tool — but keep the exchange of critiques between teams: it's what makes progress. ### Version without screen As is! The “AI” is played by the neighboring team in step 4. It’s often even funnier. --- ## Exercise 4 (bonus) — The creators’ court ⚖️ **Duration: 15 min · Entire room · Without screen** ### The idea A mini-trial to decide: **“Lila, 14 years old, won the college poster competition with an image generated by AI, without saying it. Should she keep her price? »** ### Unrolled - 3 volunteers: **Lila's lawyer**, **the competition lawyer**, **the judge**. - The rest of the room is the **jury**: everyone notes an argument for each side during the pleadings (2 min per lawyer). - The judge asks ONE question to each lawyer, then the jury votes by show of hands. - Debrief with the 3 rules of creative honesty: what would have changed everything? (Expected response: **say it**. The problem isn't using AI, it's hiding it — and competing in a category where it was banned.) > ⚠ **For the instructor:** keep the debate on transparency and the rules of the competition, not on “AI is good/bad”. No one should come away thinking that the class judged the AI ​​users. --- *End of exercises — Session 8 🟢 · The important thing is not the most beautiful result, but the best loop Idea → Prompt → Critique → Iteration.*