Start here
Your first look at the course
- 1 Open curriculum.32dots.de in your browser.
- 2 Look at the list of chapters on the home page. Count how many there are.
- 3 Click into Chapter 1 (Getting Started). Read the card titles.
- 4 Click on card 01 (Your first AI agent). Read the USE section header.
- 5 Notice the three coloured sections: green USE, blue UNDERSTAND, orange BUILD. Every card follows this pattern.
- 6 Come back to this card (00) and keep it open — we will refer to it during today's discussion.
You can describe what the three phases are and name at least two tools you will use in this course.
How this course works
Key concept
Most AI courses teach concepts and then hope you can apply them. This course inverts that. You will always touch the system before you understand it — because confusion after experience is productive, confusion before experience is just noise.
- ?Why do you think we run the workflow before explaining what it does?
- ?What is the difference between n8n and Dify? (Guess for now — we will verify later.)
- ?What does 'agent' mean to you right now? Write it down. We will come back to it in session 07.
Map your learning goals
Your task
Write a one-paragraph description of a scientific or research process you would like to automate or assist with AI.
- 1 Open a text editor or notebook.
- 2 Describe the process: what data comes in, what decisions or transformations happen, what comes out.
- 3 Name one part of that process that is currently slow, repetitive, or error-prone.
- 4 Share your paragraph with the class in today's session.
Deliverable
A one-paragraph problem statement shared with the class.
Self-check · tick before you mark done
✎If you could only automate one step in your research workflow this semester, which step would have the highest impact? Why that one and not another?