AI Workshop for Families – 3rd of May 2025 @ 13-15:30 CET
Goals of our 2.5-hour AI Learning Journey
  • Give kids a "competitive edge" by teaching the latest AI knowledge
  • The same for parents (incl. safe space for questions)
  • Understanding AI basics & future developments
  • Recognizing & mitigating potential dangers
  • Learning to prompt effectively & successfully
  • Recognizing helpful & safe AI tools
  • Tips & tricks for school, leisure & family
1. Introduction & Outlook
  • Introduction AI tutor "Elias"
  • Questions to get to know each other:
  • What do you know about AI?
  • Who has used which AI for what?
  • Your funniest & strangest AI experiences so far?
  • Diagram showing AI evolution
  • Forecast of the next 10 years
  • Prediction how our world looks in 2100
2. What is AI & Why is it important?
  • AI explained simply - with illustrative examples.
  • Compared to biggest General Purpose Technologies, e.g. electricity, internet, smartphones, etc.
  • Service Predictions for the future: AI tutors, doctors, lawyers, human-like robots, etc.
  • Types of AI in everyday lives of young people (with examples):
  • Chatbots (ChatGPT, Snapchat My AI).
  • Recommendation algorithms (YouTube, TikTok, Netflix).
  • Generative AI (creation of text, images, music, video).
  • Voice assistants (Siri, Alexa).
  • Briefly mention AI agents: Future AI that can do tasks for you.
  • What AI has difficulties with - and where humans will be better in the long term.
  • Outlook: AI will be everywhere. More helpful assistants. Changes in jobs & learning.
  • Why AI is important for families - e.g. how to use AI for creativity & career.
3. Risks & Challenges with AI
  • Misinformation & deepfakes - e.g. historical figures speaking.
  • Bias in AI: AI learns from data. Biased data leads to biased AI.
  • Hallucinations: Why does AI like to make things up? Always check important information.
  • Data protection: What data does AI train with? What data does it collect during use?
  • Overconfidence & Academic Honesty: Using AI as a tool vs. letting it do all the thinking.
  • Homework: AI for brainstorming or grammar checking is okay. If AI writes the whole essay, that's cheating and prevents learning. Discuss school policies.
  • Risk of skill loss - if AI always does the work.
  • Safety mindset: be mindful, be critical, review. Talk openly about concerns.
4. Safe & Effective AI Use
  • Why accuracy is important:
  • Good instructions = good results.
  • Bad instructions = bad results.
  • Basic recipe for best prompts:
  • examples,
  • variants, etc.
  • Simple techniques for smarter prompts:
  • Step by step,
  • Iterate,
  • Positive vs. negative,
  • And much more.
  • Tips & tricks for the following practical exercises...
5. AI Apps for Families
  • Homework Help: Explaining concepts, checking grammar, practicing languages.
  • Learning Planning: Help with organizing study plans, assigning tasks, etc.
  • Virtual Tutors: How to learn smarter?
  • Summary: Understand long texts quickly.
  • Research Help: Find & check information.
  • Creativity & Hobbies: Creating text, images & music.
  • Everyday Life & Planning: Travel planning, nutrition plans, sports ideas & guides, explaining complex topics, decision-making, etc.
6. Conclusion, Questions & PDF
  • Key takeaways - as a short, final overview to emphasize learning objectives.
  • Next Steps: Recommendations on how families should proceed with AI in the future after the workshop.
  • Resources: Presentation of digital PDF with instructions, links, tips, tricks, etc.
  • Q&A: Answering all open questions.
Thoughts & Reasoning
Family AI workshop is a "team event", i.e. one parent + one child should come. More are welcome.
I consider presence of parents to be important because I often find that at company workshops, even adults only have basic AI knowledge - and are reluctant to ask questions in front of colleagues!
In this way, we create a parent-child bonding experience and also prevent the kids from being more skilled than their parents after my workshop - and possibly leading them around by the nose.
Learning AI is the most important skill of the 21st century - it will soon be as indispensable and mandatory as, for example, operating a telephone or sending an email.
In addition, both benefit from each other - i.e. the children from the parents' wealth of experience and the parents from their children's impartiality and willingness to experiment.
Important: Each parent-child team must bring a laptop for AI exercises!
Knowhow of the AI course leader
  • Expertise: 40 Y. of IT, 30 WWW & 25 Marketing: 15 perm in DE, NYC & Hong Kong + 11 freelance in EU
  • Jobs: 10 international perm positions on up to €120M marketing budgets
  • Freelance: approx. 300+ projects, 150 clients, 7 countries - from start-up to international blue chip
  • Qualifications: Communications expert, copywriter, IT businessman, data scientist, social media manager, rescue diver, fitness trainer, nutritionist & dozens of AI/LLM training courses
  • Self-taught: creative strategy (Get-Who-To-By), business transformation (Blue Ocean Strategy), drone pilot & film editor with Premiere Pro
  • Successes: 24 international awards (incl. including ADC, Eurobest & OneShow) + approx. 75% pitch success since 2005
  • Unique POV: Asperger's + ADHD (approx. 0.1% of the population) = "You think like a bot, Elias!"
Elias Kouloures
I am multiethnic: half Austrian & Greek with Italian & Turkish roots - and born in Munich.
Today I live in Berlin Mitte and work as a freelance business consultant, AI trainer, creative director, copywriter & data scientist.
As an autistic person with ADHD, I like children because they are unfiltered, honest and enthusiastic, just like me.
I have 3 half-sisters. The 1st is 10 years older. The 2nd is 10 and the 3rd is 25 years younger.
More about me: EliasKouloures.com
Event Venue
Playground is a multifunctional space for holding workshops, meetings, photo shoots and letting your imagination run wild.
Founded by Kids Creative Agency (thekids.eu), the space is dynamic, adaptable and brings color to any meeting or event.
We believe that a playful space takes you out of your daily routine, boosts your creativity and strengthens teams.
Address
Playground is centrally located at Ritterstraße 26, 10969 Berlin.
The location is easily and conveniently accessible by public transport (e.g. U8 Moritzplatz), bicycle & car - including parking spaces.
Easy and safe access via the ground floor, i.e. also suitable for wheelchair users.
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I look forward to seeing you and your kids
There will be two AI workshops at the same location on May 3, 2025:
10:00 - 12:30 in GERMAN
13:00 - 15:30 in ENGLISH
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