Day 16: Teaching someone else — LearnAI

Today's idea

To teach someone to use AI well, do you first have to become an expert yourself? (tap to see)

No. You don't need to be an expert to teach someone AI. What you've learned so far is enough. What really matters is patience and a wish to explain things simply.

One person sits beside them and shows the way, while the learner holds the device themselves

Say you're teaching someone to ride a bicycle. You may not be a champion cyclist, but you can hold the back of the seat and say, "Don't worry, I've got you." Teaching someone AI is a lot like that. You don't need to know everything. You only need to be beside them and make the first step easier.

Many people, especially older people or anyone new to technology, feel a bit scared at the very word AI. They think it must be very hard, or that one mistake will break something. First, reassure them that nothing breaks when you make a mistake, and you can just try again. Then start with an example they already know, like: "The way you search for things on YouTube is much the same way you'll type your question here."

The most important thing: don't type for them. Let them type with their own fingers and say the question in their own voice. That way they'll see that they did it themselves, and next time they'll feel brave enough to try alone.

Try it yourself Time: 3 minutes

1.Think of someone you'd like to teach to use AI: a parent, a neighbour, a colleague or a friend. Anyone will do.
2.Open an AI app and ask how to explain it to them in simple words:

I want to teach someone who is new to technology and a bit nervous how to use AI. Please give me a short plan for how to start, using the simplest and most reassuring words.
3.Read the answer and put it in your own words in one or two short sentences, so it works as practice.

Do it together Time: 5 minutes

With anyone — a child, a parent, a friend or a colleague.

Today, really try teaching someone. Sit next to them, open the AI app, and ask them to type or say the first question themselves. If they hesitate, just say, "It's fine to make mistakes. We can try again."

We did this together

Today's key point

You don't need to be an expert to teach someone AI. All you need is patience, and to give them the chance to try it themselves.

Check yourself

Two quick questions from today's lesson.

1. What's the best way to teach someone to use AI?

Correct answer: Stay beside them patiently and let them try it themselves — Only when they try it themselves will they gain the courage and confidence to learn.

2. What do you need to be to teach someone AI?

Correct answer: Someone who stays patiently beside them, using whatever you know — You don't need to be an expert to teach. All you need is patience and a wish to explain simply.