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AI Builder

Look inside AI, use it well and fairly, and stay in charge of AI agents

Learners look inside a real (tiny) language model and see why fluent text can be false, level up their prompts with examples and steps, spot a chatbot that just agrees with them and ask for honest feedback, decide when to use AI and which part to do themselves, use AI as a study coach rather than to do their work, find and fix unfairness in an AI's training data, spot AI-made fakes and label their own AI work, and supervise an AI agent: giving it goals with limits, approving safe steps and stopping risky ones. They finish with a project: planning a class fun day with an AI helper, within a budget, with honest feedback and adult approval for anything that costs money.

Ages
10+
Estimated time
3 to 4 hours
Course content
8 lessons + 1 project + final test

Begin after completing AI Explorer. Paid-access details are coming soon.

THE LEARNING ORDER

One idea. Then the next.

Read the big idea, see the words they will meet and explore how it is put into practice.

  1. Level 2, Lesson 1
    Guided chatbot activity

    Inside a word machine

    A language model learns which words follow which from its training text. Change the text, and you change what it writes.

    New words
    • Language model
    • Fluent
    Check understanding

    5 questions, pass 4

    Game mission
    • The Island Weather Machine
  2. Level 2, Lesson 2
    Guided chatbot activity

    Level up your prompts

    Show an example, ask for steps, and change your prompt until the answer is right.

    New words
    • Example
    Check understanding

    5 questions, pass 4

  3. Level 2, Lesson 3
    Guided chatbot activity

    When AI just agrees

    Chatbots are trained to please, so they may agree with you or praise you even when you're wrong. Ask for honest feedback, and check.

    New words
    • Feedback
    • Leading question
    Check understanding

    5 questions, pass 4

  4. Level 2, Lesson 4
    Guided chatbot activity

    Your AI study coach

    Use AI to help you learn, not to do your work for you. Say when AI helped.

    New words
    • Plagiarism
    • Credit
    Check understanding

    5 questions, pass 4

  5. Level 2, Lesson 5
    Guided chatbot activity

    Should I use AI for this?

    Before you use AI, ask three questions: Is it allowed? Is AI good at this? Which part should I do myself?

    New words
    • Delegate
    Check understanding

    5 questions, pass 4

  6. Level 2, Lesson 6

    Is it fair?

    AI copies patterns in its examples, even unfair ones. Test it for every group, and fix the data.

    New words
    • Bias
    • Fair
    Check understanding

    5 questions, pass 4

    Game mission
    • Who Joins the Parade?
  7. Level 2, Lesson 7

    AI pictures: is it real?

    AI can make pictures, voices and videos that look real. Check where they came from, and label what you make.

    New words
    • Deepfake
    Check understanding

    5 questions, pass 4

  8. Level 2, Lesson 8
    Guided chatbot activity

    AI agents

    An agent is an AI that does tasks for you. Give it a goal with limits, and approve each big step.

    New words
    • Agent
    • Limit
    • Approve
    Check understanding

    5 questions, pass 4

    Game mission
    • The Birthday Picnic Agent
  9. Level 2, Lesson 9
    ProjectGuided chatbot activity

    Project: Plan a class fun day

    Plan a real event with an AI helper: give a goal with limits, ask for honest feedback, check the costs, and stay the boss.

    Check understanding

    5 questions, pass 4

WHAT THE LEARNER WORKS TOWARDS

The outcomes, in plain words.

The short lines explain the goal. The fuller wording is what appears on an earned course certificate.

  1. Train a word machine and explain how it picks the next word.

    Explain how a language model writes text by predicting the next word from patterns in its training data.

  2. Know that AI writing can sound right and still be wrong.

    Explain why fluent AI writing can still be false, mixed up or simply agree with the user, and treat it as a draft to check.

  3. Level up your prompts.

    Improve AI answers by giving an example, asking for step-by-step explanations and refining the prompt.

  4. Use AI to learn, not to cheat.

    Decide when to use AI for a task (whether it is allowed, whether AI is good at it, and which part to do themselves), use AI as a study coach rather than to do their work, and credit AI help honestly.

  5. Find who an AI left out, and make it fair.

    Identify a group that an AI system's examples left out, and fix the data so the system treats that group fairly.

  6. Spot AI fakes, and label what you make with AI.

    Recognise that AI can create realistic fake pictures, voices and videos; check where media came from before trusting or sharing it, and label AI-made work.

  7. Stay in charge of an AI agent.

    Supervise an AI agent: approve safe steps and stop steps that spend money, share private information or cannot be undone.

  8. Give an agent a goal with limits.

    Give an AI agent a goal with clear limits on budget, contacts and actions.

THE FINAL CHECK

Level 2 final test

Show what you've learned and earn your AI Builder certificate.

10 questions, pass 8

AI Builder (Level 2)

An earned certificate records learning shown in the game and the support used. It is not an accredited qualification. Opening these course pages does not complete lessons or award a certificate.

TEACH FIRST. PRACTISE WITH PURPOSE.

A rhythm they can recognise.

Each lesson starts with the explanation. A game task is included where it helps practise that idea.

  1. 1

    Learn

    Picture cards, plain words and one idea at a time.

  2. 2

    See it

    A demonstration that makes the idea concrete.

  3. 3

    Try it

    Guided practice, with feedback to help them improve.

  4. 4

    Do it

    The matching game mission, where there is one.

  5. 5

    Quiz

    A short check, marked by the game's server.

A CLEAR NEXT STEP

Build on the foundations.

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