Day 002 — Session Brief v3.0

AI Engineering Pathway v3.0 — Session Brief

Day 002

Finish what you started. Own it before building anything new.

\n v3.0 — Full Spectrum + Hardware Horizon\n

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ACES — Session Entry

One choice. Pick honestly. The session follows from here.

AShow me something new

BLet me build

CSomething is broken

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\n Where You Are\n

Day 1 Done — One Thing Still Open

You wrote the three lines, broke it, fixed it, and independently connected stdin/stdout to algebraic variables. One thing still open: you peeked during the rebuild. That gets closed tonight first.

\n PRE v0 ✓\n v0 — CLI\n v0.5 — API\n v1 — Memory\n v2 — Automation\n v3 — Personalization\n v4 — Research System\n

Your Day 1 Insight — Permanent Record

stdin/stdout maps directly to variables and factors in equations. A variable in math and a variable in code are the same concept in different clothes. This bridge matters when you hit AI mathematics — and eventually when you understand why neuromorphic analog hardware processes information differently from binary transistors.

The North Star

Jarvis v4 = personalized adaptive learning system that teaches others to do the best they can with who they are. Beyond that: software-hardware co-design researcher who designs AI algorithms from the ground up for analog neuromorphic substrates — attacking the energy problem at its root. 6,000 joules per AI response vs your brain's 20. That gap is the problem. The path from tonight's three lines to that researcher is real and continuous.

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\n Your Platform\n

online-python.com — No Login Needed

How It WorksCode editor on the left, Run button at top. When code calls input(), a dialog pops up. Works in any browser at work or home.

Save Your CodeBefore closing: paste your final code into the notes below. It travels in the email and loads next session.

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\n Session Tasks — In Order\n

Tonight's Work

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Rebuild First — Close This, Open online-python.comType the three Day 1 lines from memory without looking at anything. Run it successfully. Come back here. If you get stuck, write exactly which line and what you wrote wrong. That's data, not failure.

⏱ 10–15 min

Add a Second Variable\n

age = input(\"How old are you? \")\nprint(\"So \" + name + \" is \" + age + \" years old. Got it.\")

\n Run it. Type name then age.

⏱ 10 min

Break It — The + Problem\n

print(\"In 10 years you will be \" + age + 10)

\n Run it. Read the error. Write it down exactly before fixing anything.

⏱ 10 min

Fix It\n

print(\"In 10 years you will be \" + age + str(10))

\n Works now. Read Track 2 before continuing.

⏱ 10 min

Make Jarvis Sound Like JarvisReplace your print statements with something that actually sounds like an AI assistant greeting you. Use name and age. Make it feel like a real response. This is v0 taking shape.

⏱ 15 min

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\n Track 2 — One Level Deeper\n

Why + Broke — And Why It Connects to the Hardware Problem

Strings vs Numbers — The Type Problem

What happened: Python tried to join text and a number with + and refused.

One level deeper: Everything in Python has a type. \"hello\" is a string — characters stored as binary values. 10 is an integer — stored as a fixed binary pattern. The + operator means different things by type: join for strings, add for integers. Mix them and Python throws a TypeError.

Why this connects to the hardware frontier you identified: This constant type conversion — forcing everything into binary 0s and 1s then converting back — is part of the energy problem. Traditional computers force all information into discrete binary states and shuttle it between separate memory and processing units. The brain doesn't do this. It processes in analog gradients in the same place it stores. Neuromorphic hardware and memristors are trying to build that architecture in silicon. The type system problem in software mirrors the architectural problem in hardware. Same inefficiency at different scales.

str() — Your First Type Conversion

One level deeper: str(10) creates a new object in memory — text \"10\" stored completely differently from the number 10. Same appearance, different physical representation. This distinction between how information is represented and how it's stored is the same distinction that makes neuromorphic hardware more efficient — it stores and processes in the same location, without constant conversion overhead.

Your Math BridgeIn algebra you can't add unlike terms without converting. 3x + 5 doesn't simplify without knowing what x is. Python's type system is identical — you can't combine unlike types without converting. The math you already know is the intuition you need.

Ground Truth Rule (ACES)\"The + operator broke because...\" — finish this in your own words in notes below AND have running code that proves the fix. Both required.

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\n Track 3 — Teach-Back\n

Week 1 — Due This Week

1. What does your program do right now?

Walk them through it: \"It asks my name, then my age, then it says...\"

2. What is a string, in plain English?

No tech words. What's the difference between the number 10 and the text \"10\"?

3. What error did you hit and why?

Explain TypeError to someone who has never coded. Bonus: connect it to the energy problem.

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\n Math Spine — 20 Minutes\n

Khan Academy — Continue Variables

\n Guest Mode — No Login\n

Continue the variables unit. Tonight: expressions vs equations — writing something vs solving something.

WhyIn code, variable = value is assignment. In math, an equation is something you solve. Python treats these differently. The linear algebra you'll eventually need for AI and neuromorphic hardware starts here.

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\n Mobile and Lazy Day Options\n

When You Can't Get to a Computer

Sololearn

Python + AI basics

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Mimo

Python + data science

✓ Free tier

CS50 App

Harvard CS50

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Grasshopper

Google-built

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mooc.fi

Univ. of Helsinki

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The RuleMobile apps are Track 2 support only. Everything learned must feed back into Jarvis code next session.

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\n Track 4 — Research Preview\n

Unlocks at v0 Complete

First Paper\"Attention Is All You Need\" — Vaswani et al., Google, 2017. 8 pages. The paper that built the transformer architecture every major AI system runs on. Understand: what problem were they solving, what was wrong before, what did attention do differently. This is the bridge between where you are now and the hardware frontier you identified.

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\n Your Notes — Write As You Go\n

Everything Here Travels in the Log

A/B/C Entry — which did you pick and why?

Rebuild Result — which line, what went wrong

TypeError — exact message from Python

\"The + operator broke because...\" (Ground Truth Rule)

Your Jarvis Code — paste before closing browser

Teach-Back Answers (1, 2, 3)

Math Connection — expressions vs equations vs code

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Before You Close This Page

First thing you will do next session — one specific sentence:

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Non-NegotiableDo not generate your log until this box AND the code box above are both filled. The code prevents starting over. The next action prevents stalling.

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\n End of Session\n

Generate and Copy Your Session Log

Fill in your notes above. Generate your log. Copy it and email it to your personal address from work webmail.

Click Generate Session Log — builds everything below

Click Copy to Clipboard — or Ctrl+A inside the box then Ctrl+C

Open work webmail in browser — no app needed

New email → personal address → paste → send

Subject: AI Engineering — Day 002 Complete | Day 003 Next Action + Code Inside

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✅ Copied! Open webmail, new email, Ctrl+V, send to personal address.

If Copy Is BlockedClick inside preview box → Ctrl+A → Ctrl+C → paste into email.

Preview — click inside to select all manually:

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\n Emergency Seed — ChatGPT or Any AI at Work\n

Full Context Seed

If Claude isn't available, update your progress below, generate the seed, and paste it as your FIRST message to any AI. Wait for acknowledgement before asking anything.

Update your progress (optional)

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✅ Seed copied. Paste as FIRST message. Wait for acknowledgement. Then ask your question.

Your seed:

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\n Remember\n

What Tonight Actually Meant

You wrote code that takes input from a human, stores it, and responds. That is the core interaction loop of every AI assistant ever built. And you connected the energy problem in that loop — binary conversions, the von Neumann bottleneck — to a real frontier in hardware research. That connection was yours. Nobody handed it to you.

Three Laws CheckCan you explain to your accountability person what a string is, why + broke, and why that connects to why AI uses so much power — in plain English, no jargon? If yes: Day 2 is done.

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