What is a prompt in AI for Everyone - Hands-On Activity

Understanding What a Prompt Is

📖 Scenario: Imagine you want to ask a smart assistant or a computer program to help you with a task, like writing a story or answering a question.

🎯 Goal: You will learn what a prompt is and how it works by creating simple examples that show how to give instructions to an AI or computer.

📋 What You'll Learn

Create a simple text variable called prompt with a clear instruction

Add a variable called audience to specify who the instruction is for

Combine prompt and audience into a full message

Add a final statement explaining the purpose of the prompt

💡 Why This Matters

🌍 Real World

Prompts are used every day when people talk to smart assistants or use AI tools to get help with writing, answering questions, or creating art.

💼 Career

Understanding prompts is important for jobs in AI, customer support, content creation, and any role that uses smart technology to assist with tasks.

1

Create a prompt text

Create a variable called prompt and set it to the text "Write a short story about a cat".

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# Create the prompt text
# Your code here

Hint

A prompt is a simple instruction or question you give to an AI or computer.

2

Add an audience variable

Add a variable called audience and set it to "for children" to show who the prompt is meant for.

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prompt = "Write a short story about a cat"
audience = "for children"
# Your code here

Hint

Adding an audience helps the AI know how to shape the response.

3

Combine prompt and audience

Create a variable called full_prompt that combines prompt and audience separated by a space.

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prompt = "Write a short story about a cat"
audience = "for children"
full_prompt = prompt + " " + audience
# Your code here

Hint

Joining the prompt and audience creates a clear instruction for the AI.

4

Explain the purpose of the prompt

Add a variable called explanation and set it to "This prompt tells the AI what to write and who it is for.".

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prompt = "Write a short story about a cat"
audience = "for children"
full_prompt = prompt + " " + audience
explanation = "This prompt tells the AI what to write and who it is for."
# Your code here

Hint

The explanation helps understand why prompts are important.