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Session 18 of 24 — AI Builder

AI Builder · Session 18 of 24⏱ 30 min · 👨‍👩‍👧 Parent aware

🔧 AI in Real Workflows

See how professionals actually use AI at work.

🎯 Today's goal: Your child maps real professional AI workflows — understanding how AI fits into jobs and industries they might one day work in.

🔥 Warm Up — 3 minutes

Warm Up

"AI in real jobs does not look like using ChatGPT for 25 minutes twice a week. It looks like AI embedded in every step of a work process."

"Today we map some real workflows — and then design one yourself."

🤖 The Activity — 20 minutes

Main Activity
📋 Type this exactly
Map out the workflow of a journalist in 2026 — from finding a story idea to publishing the article. At each step, explain where AI is probably being used, what it does, and what the human journalist still does that AI cannot.

Read together. Identify: what jobs did AI create? What jobs did it change? What did it make easier? What did it make harder?

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Do the same for a doctor in 2026 — from a patient booking an appointment to receiving a diagnosis and treatment plan. Where is AI in this process? What does the doctor still do that AI cannot?

This is one of the richest profession maps. Compare with the journalism one: where are the similarities? Where are the differences?

Your child designs a workflow for a job they find interesting — or one of their parents' jobs. Where would AI fit? What would stay human?

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Here is my description of [chosen job]: [child describes it]. Design an AI-augmented workflow for this job. Be specific about what AI would do at each step and what the human would still need to do.

🧩 The Twist — 5 minutes

Deep Dive
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What job do you think will be hardest for AI to replace — and why? Give me the strongest possible argument.

Then: What job do you think is most at risk of being replaced — and what would that mean for the people who do that job now? These questions are not comfortable but they are important.

🛡️ Safety Moment
“AI is a tool, not a friend”

In professional contexts, this rule has a different dimension. AI tools embedded in workflows are designed by companies to serve those companies' interests. The people using them are often not the same as the people who built them. Always ask: whose interests does this AI serve?

👨‍👩‍👧 Parent: read this aloud. Ask your child to repeat it back.
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Workflow Designer Badge 🔧

Mapped real professional AI workflows — and designed one yourself

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Parent Notes — tap to expand

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What they learned

Professional AI literacy — understanding AI in workplace contexts. The workflow design exercise is the most practically relevant thing in Month 3.

Questions to ask
  • What surprised you most about how AI is used in real jobs?
  • What did humans still do in both workflows that AI could not?
  • If you were going to design your dream job in 2040 — what would it look like?
What to watch for

The job replacement question is genuinely concerning for some children of this age who are beginning to think about careers. Be honest: some jobs will change dramatically. The skills from this programme — critical thinking, communication, evaluation — are the ones most likely to remain valuable.

Safety in context

The professional context shifts the privacy question: in work environments, AI tools often have access to company data and customer information. The rules around personal information apply there too.

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