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Full progress →Week 1 — Meet Your New Teammate
What is this thing, how does it actually work, and who are the players? Learned through play, not fear.
What Even Is This Thing?
What AI, ML, and LLMs actually are — and why they're not the same thing.
How Does It Actually Work?
Tokens, prediction, hallucinations, and the Yes-Man trap.
Meet the Big Three
ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude — and your first real prompt across all three.
The Joke Lab
Week 1 finale — crown the AI Slayer from the week's catches, then run a comedy writers' room with AI as your staff. Post your best joke to the wall. (No bonus day in Week 1.)
Week 2 — Call the Shots
You're the player. AI's just the racquet. This week you flip from taking orders to giving them — and you build your first AI thing.
AI's Two Brains
Learn when AI is answering from memory vs. searching the web live — and why knowing which "brain" it's using makes you better at steering it.
You're the Expert
You know tennis cold. AI remixes; you originate. Make your own player card and post it to the wall.
Sparring Partner vs. Crutch
Some AI habits make you sharper; others quietly do your thinking for you. Learn the difference — and where the line is for your own game.
Build Your Own AI Coach
Build your first Gemini Gem — a reusable AI coach that knows your game. No code, all you. Your first real "I built this" moment. The Builder Brain notebook opens.
App Scout (Bonus)
Scout the tennis apps you already use, spot what's missing, and stock your private Builder Brain notebook with ideas. (Ideas stay private until Week 5 pick day.)
Week 3 — Coach Up
Take the coach you built and make it real. Prompting like a pro — practiced on something you own.
Anatomy of a Great Prompt
Role, context, examples, format — the four ingredients that turn a so-so AI answer into a great one. Hands-on reps all day.
Give Your Coach a Brain
Feed your Gem real knowledge — your goals, your match notes. An AI coach is only as good as what you feed it.
The Coach Combine
Swap Gems with your friends and pressure-test each other's coaches against a rubric. Score them, react on the wall. (Gem sharing works on free accounts.)
Coach v2
Rebuild your coach with everything the Combine taught you, then post your coach card to the wall.
Same Prompt, Three Showdowns (Bonus)
One identical prompt across ChatGPT and Gemini (Claude on instructor demo). Where each one wins. Post the funniest difference to the wall.
Week 4 — Create Mode
AI can make images, podcasts, and more. Learn the creative tools — and what fair, smart use looks like.
Image Gen Studio
Design your dream match poster. Find out what image AI nails — and what it still botches. Post your best creation to the wall.
NotebookLM: Your Study Superpower
Drop in articles about Sinner vs. Alcaraz, get a podcast. The tool that works for tennis today and homework forever.
What It Costs & What's Fair
Every prompt has a real cost — power, water, hardware. And AI only remixes what humans made: your original thinking is the one thing it can't replace. Use it like a training partner, not a substitute.
AI Can See and Hear
Upload a photo of your serve toss. Talk to AI out loud. Then a sneak peek at Lovable — the tool you're about to build with.
The Giveaway (Bonus)
Gift one app idea you're NOT building to the squad, keep your real shortlist secret until pick day, and learn why execution — not the idea — is the prize.
Week 5 — Think Like a Founder
Pick it. Pitch it. Start building it. What problem are you solving, for who, and what's the value?
Pick Your One Thing
Choose your app from the Builder Brain notebook and answer the founder three: what problem, for who, what value? Post your three-sentence pitch to the wall.
Meet Lovable
Type what you want, watch it appear. Set up your project and get your first screen working.
Build Day
Make the one job your app does actually work. Core feature first, polish later.
Make It Yours
Style it, name it, and test it with a friend. The app starts feeling like yours.
Builder's Log (Bonus)
Screenshot your progress to the wall and log what's left to build.
Week 6 — Ship It
Finish it. Show it. Install it on your parents' phone. Take a bow.
Finish the MVP
Close the gap between "almost works" and "works."
Polish & Squash Bugs
The difference between a prototype and a real app is how it handles the weird stuff. Polish day.
Make Your Demo
Screenshots, a short walkthrough, and your story: the problem, who it's for, what it does.
Showcase Day
Demo your app to the cohort, react and vote on the wall — then install your PWA on your parents' phone.
What's Next
You built and shipped an app at 13. Here's how to keep going. Course champion is crowned.