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Three minutes · pick a route, you can switch later

Start here: choose your route through camp.

The camp has a lot in it — that's on purpose. This page is the short way in. Pick the route that fits where you are right now; nothing locks you in, and most people end up wandering across more than one.

Recorded · async-friendly · global time zones welcome. Sessions run three Saturdays, 9–11 am PT, and every one is recorded for registered participants. Can't make the live time, or in a hard time zone? The async route is a full path through camp, not a consolation — see times & recordings →

Where you left off

§ A · Four routes in

three starter links each · open the first one today
Classroom Activity

Build something you can teach.

For teachers, coaches, and curriculum designers who want a lesson, protocol, worksheet, or student-facing activity about how AI actually works.

You'll leave with a ready-to-run activity or lesson plan.

Works for ages 6–12 and account-restricted classrooms — students never need to log into a tool.

Creative Maker

Make work with — and about — the tools.

For artists, designers, and students who want to make images, video, prompts, or studio artifacts, and to think clearly about the ethics while doing it.

You'll leave with a creative piece or an investigation of a tool's defaults.

Uneasy about consent, labor, and where "use" becomes "taking"? You're not alone here — sit it next to AI Use + Consent and Further Reading.

Critical / Cautious / No-AI

Understand it without having to use it.

For people who are skeptical, object to direct generation, are priced out, or simply want to think critically before touching a tool. This is a first-class route, not a fallback.

You'll leave with a critique, an investigation, or a clear, informed position.

Readings lean critical and intersectional — fiction and philosophy, not another technical bibliography.

Mechanism Curious · go deeper

See what the machine is actually doing.

For the under-the-hood crowd who want to watch tokens, probabilities, and diffusion steps directly. Optional depth — reach for it when you want it.

You'll leave with a working mental model of prediction and diffusion.

Not sure where to start? This isn't the place — try a Classroom or Creative route first, then come back.

§ B · Not sure yet?

most people aren't — that's fine

You do not need to know what you want to make. If you teach, start with Classroom Activity. If you make things, start with Creative Maker. Both open onto everything else, and you can change routes any time. (We'd skip "Mechanism Curious" as a first stop unless taking systems apart is exactly why you came.)

§ C · What this camp is

setting expectations honestly
We investigate how models behave — we don't train them from scratch. The work is taking finished systems apart: predicting, changing one thing, comparing what moved, and naming the human decision behind it. No coding or machine-learning background required.

What you don't need: an account · an install · a paid subscription · a coding background · required pre-reading · a final project idea. Everything core runs in a browser on frozen examples. Bring curiosity; the rest is optional.