Chapter 1: What is Data? The Data We Use Every Day
The concept of data
Where is data? Real-life examples of data
What is Big Data?
The 4Vs of Big Data: Volume, Variety, Velocity, Veracity
Chapter 2: Where Does Data Come From? And How is It Stored?
Sources of data: humans, machines, sensors
Types of data: Structured Data, Unstructured Data
How data is stored: hard drives, cloud storage, databases
Mini activity: Chart your daily data trail
Chapter 3: Smart Data Processing — Enter Artificial Intelligence (AI)
What is Artificial Intelligence (AI)?
Who is smarter — humans or machines?
AI’s core tasks: Classification, Prediction, Recognition
Real-world AI observation activity (e.g. video recommendations, voice assistants)
Chapter 4: How Do Machines Learn? — Introduction to Machine Learning (ML)
What is Machine Learning (ML)?
Explaining Supervised and Unsupervised Learning with real-life analogies
The relationship between models and training data
Hands-on activity: Use Teachable Machine to build an image classification model
Chapter 5: AI That Can Create! — What is Generative AI?
What is Generative AI?
Differences from traditional AI: imagination and creation
Demonstration: story generation, AI painting, music composition
Where we encounter Generative AI in daily life
Chapter 6: How Does ChatGPT Understand Us?
Introduction to Natural Language Processing (NLP)
What is a Prompt? How to write effective prompts
The logic behind Chatbots
Practice session with ChatGPT: roleplay games
Chapter 7: AI That Can Draw — The Magic of Image Generation
How text-to-image generation works
Popular tools: DALL·E, Midjourney, etc.
The image generation process: from prompts to pictures
Hands-on activity: Write a prompt and let AI draw for you!
Chapter 8: How AI Creates Voice, Music, and Video
What is Text-to-Speech and AI music generation
How AI generates videos and “acts”
Case study: The power and risks of Deepfakes
Mini-director challenge: Let AI voice your character
Chapter 9: Everyone Can Build Their Own AI Assistant
What is an AI Agent (Intelligent Agent)?
Create your own AI character: set background, function, style
Build with beginner-friendly tools (like Poe / Character.AI)
How will we live and work with AI in the future?
Chapter 10: Rules and Responsibilities in the AI World — Safety, Ethics, and the Future
What is AI Ethics?
How to identify fake content (Deepfakes, AI images, etc.)
The importance of data privacy
How to be a responsible AI user
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