#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

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## 🚀 THE FINAL PROJECT — “Invent your AI application”

### The brief

> In a team of 3-4, invent a **useful**, **realistic** and **responsible** AI application.
> 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:**

1. **Useful** 🎯 — it solves a real problem, for real people
2. **Realistic** 🔧 — it uses AI capabilities seen in progress (text, image, sound, prediction, recommendation, etc.)
3. **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.

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### Step 1 — Storm of ideas (5 min)

- Everyone offers at least **one idea**, even a bizarre one. We note EVERYTHING, we judge nothing.
- Lack of inspiration? Cross a **domain** and an **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 / personalize |
| 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 would make you want to say *thank you* to the app the most? »

### 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 is bothering people? | |
| **For whom?** Describe ONE typical person | |
| **What does the app do?** In one sentence | |
| **AI capacity used** (text, image, sound, prediction…) | |
| **Learning data**: what examples? where do they come from? | |
| **A risk** (bias, privacy, error, etc.) | |
| **Our solution**: how 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 holes, then repeat ONE time on hand)*

1. **The hook** (15 s) — *“You know that moment when… [the problem told as a story]? »*
2. **The solution** (45 s) — *“Here is **[NAME]**! It’s an app that [what it does]. Thanks to AI that [capacity], it learns from [data]. »*
3. **Responsibility** (30 s) — *“We thought about a risk: [risk]. Our solution: [parade]. »*
4. **The Fall** (15 s) — *“Imagine a world where [benefit]. 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!

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## ✏️ Summary exercise 1 — “The map of my AI journey”

**Duration:** 10 min · **Format:** individual, paper + pencil (100% screen-free ✅)

Draw a **route in 9 steps** (one per session). For each step, write:

- **A word or idea** that you remember from the session
- A **star ⭐** on the 3 stages that impressed you the most

Then complete these 3 sentences at the bottom of your card:

1. “Before this course, I thought that AI…”
2. “Now I know that…”
3. “What I still want to discover:…”

> 💡 **For the teacher:** pick up a few (volunteers) and read sentences 1 → 2 out loud: the before/after contrast is the best possible assessment of the course.

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## ✏️ Summary exercise 2 — “Advice for future beginners”

**Duration:** 5-10 min · **Format:** individual then collective wall (without screen ✅)

Applied AI's next promotion starts soon. Write on a post-it **ONE 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. »*

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## 🏠 To continue after class (to take away)

**Your personal roadmap:**

- [ ] Use a chatbot **10 min/week** with a real objective (revise, write, translate, etc.) — reflexes from sessions 4 and 9!
- [ ] Redo the **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, from tomorrow, I…”**

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*Congratulations for these 10 sessions. You are no longer a spectator of AI: you are an actor. 🚀*