Understand the basics of GenAI, from AI vocabulary to the tasks GenAI is commonly used for. Learn how to craft effective prompts to obtain your desired outcomes from GenAI. Try out practical GenAI tools that are easy to use. At the end of this workshop, you would be AI literate!
Learning Outcome
By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:
Understand key GenAI terms
Gain essential prompting skills
Apply prompt techniques to GenAI use cases
Navigate CoPilot like a pro
Use GenAI responsibly
Course Outlines
Topic 1. How to start using GenAI
Key must-know AI vocabulary
Prompt frameworks from Google and Microsoft
Compare differences in GenAI output
Compare different models, CoPilot, Gemini, DeepSeek/DouBao
Topic 2. GenAI use cases
Navigate Microsoft CoPilot (free web version)
Use available prompt templates
Text and image use cases
Prompt for text summary of a video
Topic 3. Useful GenAI tools
Explore grounding with Google NotebookLM
Perplexity the AI-powered answer engine
Use a no-code app to e.g. detect if text is written by GenAI