Build Real AI
Build a real, working AI with your own hands, and see exactly how it thinks. Over a term you teach a machine from examples, look inside a single neuron, watch it learn guess by guess, and even build a tiny model that predicts the next word, all on the device, all yours.
What is Build Real AI?
A term where 10 to 20 year olds build a real, working AI with their own hands and see exactly how it thinks. Everything runs on the Lab machines, on the device, with nothing sent to the cloud.
What will my child do?
Teach a machine from examples, look inside a neuron, watch it learn guess by guess, and even build a tiny model that predicts the next word. All real, all theirs, and no magic.
Why learn it here?
Because most AI classes are slideshows; here your child builds one and understands it, on the device, honestly (including where AI is unfair). It ends with your child showing you the AI they made.
How every day feels
What you will do
- Teach a machine
Show a computer examples until it learns to tell things apart.
- Inside the neuron
See how a tiny brain cell adds up clues and makes a choice.
- Watch it learn
See the numbers adjust, guess by guess, until it gets good.
- Predict the next word
Build a tiny language model and see how it guesses.
- Honest and fair
Spot bias, and learn why nothing ever leaves the device.
- Show your family
Show the AI you built on the last day.
What you will be able to do
- Teach a machine from examples until it can tell things apart
- Look inside a single neuron and see how it makes a choice
- Watch a model learn, guess by guess, and explain how
- Build a tiny model that predicts the next word, on the device
You walk out with a real AI you built.
Your journey, step by step
12 steps, from the very first day to a real skill, ending in the Family Showcase Day.
- 1What AI really is
A machine that learns from examples, not magic.
- 2Teach a machine
Show a computer examples until it can tell things apart.
- 3How a machine sees
Features: turning a thing into numbers a machine can use.
- 4Inside the neuron
A tiny cell that adds up clues and makes a choice.
- 5Learning is adjusting
Watch the numbers change, guess by guess, until it gets good.
- 6A network of neurons
Join many neurons to solve harder problems.
- 7The training loop
Guess, check, adjust, repeat: the heartbeat of learning.
- 8Overfitting and honesty
When a machine memorizes instead of learning, and how to tell.
- 9Predict the next word
Build a tiny language model and see how it guesses.
- 10Bias and safety
Why an AI can be unfair, and why nothing leaves the device.
- 11Build your own tiny AI
Put it together into an AI that is truly yours.
- Family Showcase Day
Show the AI you built.
Why this is different
Pick a time and book
12 sessions, the last is the Family Showcase Day.
12 sessions, 26 Jul to 11 Oct
On the last day each learner shows the AI they built and explains how it learned.
How to join, in three steps
- Pick a time above and reserve a seat.
- It is free, so your seat is held right away.
- Come to the Lab. We email a 6-digit code to check in.
Everything runs on the device, offline, with nothing sent to the cloud. There is no chatbot and no magic; you build and inspect every part.
A parent books the seat and gives consent at sign-up.
Small group of 10. For ages 10 to 20.
Every learner finishes with a certificate anyone can verify.
The honest bit
Learners leave having built a real AI they understand and can explain, including its limits. We do not promise to make them AI engineers; we promise the working model and the understanding you will see on Showcase Day.