Doing · Directing AI like a team20 min · pencil, bread, butter or jam, blunt knife★★☆
Program your grown-up
Scan for the app
Your grown-up is a robot. It does exactly what you write!
Write the steps to make a sandwich.
Your grown-up does exactly what you wrote.
Fix what went wrong and try again.
Task: Make a sandwich with bread and butter or jam.
Step
My instruction
What the grown-up did
Fix
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Grown-up corner
Why it matters: Computers and AI tools do what we say, not what we mean. Clear, step-by-step instructions are the first skill of directing AI. The grown-up handles the knife. Check for food allergies first.
Which step caused the funniest mistake?
What did you have to add to make it clear?
Extend it: Swap roles: your child follows your steps to draw a secret picture. Talk about how this is like asking an AI for help.