Exercises — Session 10 🟢
« My AI project & my future with AI »
Program : Applied AI — Beginner Level · Instructor: Yann Isola Final session: the big project + summary exercises
🚀 THE FINAL PROJECT — “Invent your AI application”
The brief
In a team of 3-4, invent an AI application useful , realistic And responsible . No need to code: you are the architects of the idea . At the end, you will present it in 2 minutes in front of the group. The public votes! 🗳️
The 3 golden rules:
- Useful 🎯 — it solves a real problem, for real people
- Realistic 🔧 — it uses AI capabilities seen in progress (text, image, sound, prediction, recommendation, etc.)
- Responsible 🛡️ — you have thought about data, bias and risks (remember session 6!)
⚠ Forbidden : “the magical AI that does everything”. If you can’t tell WHAT AI capability you’re using and WHAT data it’s learning from, the idea isn’t ready yet.
Step 1 — Storm of ideas (5 min)
- Everyone offers at least an idea , even weird. We note EVERYTHING, we judge nothing.
- Lack of inspiration? Cross a domain and one AI capability :
| Domains | AI capabilities |
|---|---|
| School / revisions | Understand and generate text |
| Sport/health | Recognize images |
| Family/home | Understanding voice / generating sound |
| Animals/nature | Predict (from data) |
| Planet / ecology | Recommend/customize |
| Games/leisure | Translate/summarize |
Example of crossing: Nature × Recognizing images → an app that identifies dangerous mushrooms in photos. 🍄
Step 2 — Choose ONE idea (5 min)
Vote in the team. Selection criterion: “Which one would most make you want to say THANKS to the app? »
Step 3 — Complete the project canvas (15 min)
📋 PROJECT CANVAS (to copy onto your sheet or to print)
| Question | Your answer |
|---|---|
| Project Name (catchy!) | |
| The problem : what bothers people? | |
| For whom? Describe ONE typical person | |
| What does the app do? In one sentence | |
| AI capacity used (text, image, sound, prediction, etc.) | |
| Training data : what examples? where do they come from? | |
| A risk (bias, privacy, error, etc.) | |
| Our parade : how do we limit this risk | |
| The “wow” moment : when the user says thank you |
Step 4 — The poster (15 min, after the break)
On an A3 sheet: name + drawing/diagram + for whom + what problem + how AI helps + a risk and your solution . Large writing, readable at 3 meters!
Step 5 — The 2 minute pitch 🎤
📢 PITCH TEMPLATE (complete the gaps, then repeat ONE time on hand)
- The hook (15 sec) — “You know that moment where… [the problem told as a story]? »
- The solution (45 sec) — " Here is [NAME] ! It’s an app that [what it does]. Thanks to AI that [capacity], it learns from [data]. »
- Responsibility (30 sec) — “We thought about a risk: [risk]. Our solution: [parade]. »
- The fall (15 sec) — “Imagine a world where [profit]. This world begins with [NAME]. THANKS ! »
Pitch rules: 2 min max ⏱️ · everyone says at least one sentence · we look at the audience, not their sheet · we applaud all the teams 👏
⚠ A pitch repeated once is twice as good. Don't skip rehearsal!
✏️ Summary exercise 1 — “The map of my AI journey”
Duration : 10 mins · Format: individual, paper + pencil (100% without screen )
Draw a route in 9 steps (one per session). For each step, write:
- A word or an idea what you remember from the session
- A star ⭐ on the 3 stages that marked you the most
Then complete these 3 sentences at the bottom of your card:
- “Before this course, I thought that AI…”
- “Now I know that…”
- “What I still want to discover:…”
💡 For the teacher: pick up a few (voluntarily) and read sentences 1 → 2 out loud: the before/after contrast is the best possible assessment of the journey.
✏️ Summary exercise 2 — “Advice for future beginners”
Duration : 5-10 mins · Format: individual then collective wall (without screen )
The next Applied AI promotion starts soon. Write on a post-it A piece of advice for a future participant who knows nothing about it. Constraints:
- Maximum 20 words
- The advice must be based on something YOU have learned (not a ready-made sentence)
Stick all the post-its on the “Wise Wall 🦉”. Read aloud of the most useful/funny ones.
Examples of good advice: “Always check what the chatbot says, it invents with great confidence. » · “Give context in your prompts, the AI does not read your thoughts. »
🏠 To continue after class (to take away)
Your personal roadmap:
- Use a chatbot 10 mins/week with a real objective (revise, write, translate, etc.) — reflexes from sessions 4 and 9!
- Redo it AI project with family or friends (the canvas is infinitely reusable)
- Explore a free resource: Elements of AI (in French), Pix, or a popular science channel
- Keep a critical eye: when AI news seems incredible… check two sources 🔍
- Write your commitment sentence somewhere: “Me and AI, starting tomorrow, I…”
Bravo for these 10 sessions. You are no longer a spectator of AI: you are an actor. 🚀