Real World, Real Problems
You oversleep for class, but instead of disappearing forever, you email the professor professionally.
What is self-advocacy?
Your roommate is asleep before an exam, so you use headphones instead of blasting music.
What is respecting shared space?
You separate darks from whites before using the washing machine.
What is doing laundry?
“Did you hear that guitar solo? Far out!” meant something was
What is exciting?
This type of AI model powers chatbots like ChatGPT by predicting the next word in a sequence.
What is a large language model?
Your phone dies while driving, so you already know this important contact information by memory.
What is memorizing emergency contacts?
You label your leftovers because everyone in the dorm fridge suddenly becomes “confused.”
What is setting boundaries and communicating clearly?
You notice raw chicken touched the counter, so you do this
What is disinfect the area before cooking more food?
In the 1980s, if someone said “psych!” after a statement, they were doing this to you.
What is joking or tricking someone?
In AI image generation, this written instruction given to the model is key to getting the desired result.
What is a prompt?
You schedule this appointment yourself instead of asking your parents to do it.
What is managing healthcare independently?
This kitchen appliance should never contain aluminum foil.
What is a microwave?
Your dorm room smells terrible because this common chore has been ignored for weeks.
What is taking out the trash?
Popular in the 1960s counterculture movement, this word described someone calm, open-minded, or socially aware.
What is “groovy”?
Siri, Alexa, and Google Assistant are examples of this kind of AI technology that responds to spoken commands.
What are virtual assistants?
You realize staying up until 4 a.m. gaming before an exam was not an academic strategy.
What is time management?
You create a cleaning schedule so nobody lives like raccoons in a dumpster.
What is sharing responsibilities?
You check clothing tags before drying them to avoid shrinking your favorite hoodie.
What is reading care labels?
In the 1990s, saying someone was “brick'n” meant this about them.
What is scared or afraid?
AI systems inspired by the human brain use these interconnected computing structures to recognize patterns and learn from data.
What are neural networks?
You recognize stress is affecting your daily life and seek help before things spiral.
What is practicing self-care and using support resources?
To avoid infection you take this with you if you have communal bathrooms
What are flip-flops/shower shoes?
You realize eating instant noodles every day is not a sustainable nutrition plan.
What is planning balanced meals?
In the 1980s, this was slang for anything that was particularly uncool.
What is a butter?
The name of this virtual assistant was inspired by an ancient library once said to contain all the world's knowledge
What is Alexa?