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# 🏁 The final stretch

- 📆 Only two weeks left!
- 🎉 Let's end with a bang!
- 📝 Plan your own project

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![](./images/fog-of-war.png)

^ we haven't had much time to really let everything sink in so it probably still feels foggy

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# ✅

## Solving Problems with Code (and AI)

^ solving problems is the whole point!

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# 1️⃣

## Part 1:

## Thinking like a programmer (and a computer)

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# 💻

# Thinking like a ~~programmer~~ _computer_

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# How do computers "think"?

- They **don't**... you do and they follow your instructions
- Literally: They do exactly what you tell them to do
- Linearly: One instruction (line) at a time

^ we're going to do a fun ice breaker to review how code runs

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# Your Functions

- `clap(x)`: Clap your hands `x` times
- `slam(x)`: Slam your hands on the table `x` time
- `raise_hand(which_hand)`: Raise your hand (left or right)
- `say(something, volume)`: Say something out loud at a certain volume

^ Take a minute to let this "compile" in your brain

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# Program 1:

```python
👉 clap(3)
slam(2)
raise_hand("left")
say("Sssssssssss!", "whisper")
```

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# Program 1:

```python
clap(3)
👉 slam(2)
raise_hand("left")
say("Sssssssssss!", "whisper")
```

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# Program 1:

```python
clap(3)
slam(2)
👉 raise_hand("left")
say("Sssssssssss!", "whisper")
```

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# Program 1:

```python
clap(3)
slam(2)
raise_hand("left")
👉 say("Sssssssssss!", "whisper")
```

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# Program 2:

```python
👉 raise_hand("right")
raise_hand("left")
say("Touchdown!", "loud")
```

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# Program 2:

```python
raise_hand("right")
👉 raise_hand("left")
say("Touchdown!", "loud")
```

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# Program 2:

```python
raise_hand("right")
raise_hand("left")
👉 say("Touchdown!", "loud")
```

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# Program 3:

```python

# Load variables into memory
🧠 message = "Hello, world!"
slam_count = 1
clap_count = 3

```

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# Program 3:

```python

# Load variables into memory
message = "Hello, world!"
🧠 slam_count = 1
clap_count = 3

```

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# Program 3:

```python

# Load variables into memory
message = "Hello, world!"
slam_count = 1
🧠 clap_count = 3

```

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# Program 3:

```python

👉 clap(clap_count)
slam(slam_count)
say(message, "loud")

```

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# Program 3:

```python

clap(clap_count)
👉 slam(slam_count)
say(message, "loud")

```

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# Program 3:

```python

clap(clap_count)
slam(slam_count)
👉 say(message, "loud")

```

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# ⚡️ Feel the power

- We ran this "mind program" with ~10 of us at once
- Real programs run millions of times per second on millions of computers at once
- Computers are powerful, but they are not smart, you are smart.

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## Thinking like a programmer is about breaking down a problem into executable steps

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> With great power comes great responsibility

^ code can create or solve problems (aka social media)

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# 🦾

## AI multiplies your existing skills

^ building one-off apps for you/your friends

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# 💪🏻 Building your skills

- Pay attention to problems around you
- Observe how problems are currently solved
- Notice when you could do it better
- Write code!

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### "A problem well stated is a problem half solved"

^ Charles Kettering

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### 🧠 Programmatic Thinking

- A way of thinking logically and systematically about a problem solution.
- Valuable for more than just code!
- The best way to learn _is code_

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### AI is a multiplier for problem solving

- The more you understand the problem, the better AI can help
- AI doesn't replace your thinking, it amplifies it
- Your job: define the problem. AI's job: help you solve it.

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# 🤔

### Does AI "think" more like a computer or a programmer?

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# 📝

## Part 2: Planning your own project

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### 🗺️ How to plan a project

- Brainstorm: Pick something you care about, a problem you or your friends have
- Elevator Pitch: Describe your idea clearly in 2-3 sentences
- Think Small: What is the simplest version that actually works?
- Write It Down: A plan you can follow (and share with AI to help you build it)

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# 🎤 Elevator Pitch

- A short 2-3 sentence description of your project
- Meant to grab attention and describe the problem you're solving clearly
- Template: "I am building [product] for [user] who struggles with [problem]."

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# Examples:

- I am building a shot-tracker for high school basketball players who forget what shots they practiced.
- I am building a homework planner for students who feel overwhelmed by large assignments.
- I am building a book library app for book lovers who want to keep track of their reading.
- ...

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# 🎯 Think Small, Start Small

- What is the simplest version of your idea that actually works?
- Focus on solving **one** core problem well
- You can always add more later
- If you can't describe it in a few sentences, it's too big

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# 🚀 Your plan today

- Create a project folder and plan file in Cursor
- Brainstorm ideas (with classmates and AI)
- Write your elevator pitch
- Submit your plan, even if it's not perfect yet


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## Backlinks

The following sources link to this document:

- [Lecture Slides](/ai-and-sports/weeks/week-5.module.llm.md)