Day 7: Week 1 review — LearnAI

Today's idea

Over these six days, which of your ideas about AI changed the most? (tap to see)

It's different for everyone — for some people the biggest change was learning that AI makes mistakes, for others it was the trick of asking clear questions. Both are right, because this week we learned many different things together.

The week's five lessons, checked off together and neatly gathered

Over the last six days we met a new acquaintance — AI. Let's go over it once more and see what we learned.

First we learned what AI really is — not a person, but a program that read millions of texts and learned how people word their answers, so it can build an answer to your question. Then we saw that although AI can help with a lot of things, it doesn't know everything, and when it makes something up, it doesn't let on that it isn't sure. That's why important information should always be checked against another source.

Then we learned that the clearer and more detailed your question, the more useful the answer — just like when you give a doctor the full details, they can help you better. After that we learned what is safe to tell an AI and what isn't — it's best never to share things like your national ID number, bank details or passwords. And finally we understood that using AI isn't dishonest — it only becomes dishonest when you pass off the whole job as your own without understanding or checking it.

Keep these five things in mind together, and you'll be able to use AI with much more confidence, and safely.

Try it yourself Time: 3 minutes

Today we'll try out several of this week's skills together.

1.Open the Gemini or ChatGPT app.
2.Pick a real question from your own life, like wanting to understand why your electricity bill came out so high. Now write your question with this week's rules in mind — explain the situation clearly, but leave out any personal details (name, address, numbers). For example:

My electricity bill this month is much higher than last month. At home we run one fridge, two fans and a few lights. In simple words, tell me what could cause a higher bill and how I can bring it down.
3.When you get the answer, don't just believe it right away — stop and think. Does any part sound too sure of itself, so that it needs checking? If there's a specific number or claim, check it with someone at your electricity provider or another trusted source.

Do it together Time: 5 minutes

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

Ask your partner which thing from this week felt most useful to them — knowing what AI is, knowing it can make mistakes, asking clear questions, sharing information carefully, or the honesty question. Then do the "Try it yourself" question above together once more, and talk about the answer.

We did this together

Today's key point

In one week we learned — AI is a tool, it sometimes makes mistakes, it gives good answers to clear questions, and it helps you most when you use it wisely and honestly.

Check yourself

Two quick questions from today's lesson.

1. What does AI usually do when it doesn't know the right answer to a question?

Correct answer: It confidently makes up an answer — AI often sounds confident even when it doesn't know, so important information must always be checked.

2. What kind of information should you never give an AI?

Correct answer: National ID number or bank account details — it's safest not to give an AI personal and sensitive information, like national ID or bank details.