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~1 min · Why I built this

Looking back, I hope this course taught you these five things. Now I want to know honestly whether they landed — for you, not for me. Your reflection on this is more critical to your learning than how good a job I have done.

— Prof. Sathya

Bridge Reflection: What I've Actually Been Building Toward SDL IS AB

Sprint 2 → Sprint 3 · Due · ~30 minutes · Do this before the AI-Discussion session

The Five Foundational Claims

Claim 1 · Foundation
Problem Framing
Finding the right underlying problem — and defining it at the right scope — is the first place human judgment matters. AI will solve whatever problem you give it. Giving it the right problem is yours to do.
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Claim 2 · Process
The First Description Is Never Enough
The obvious description of the problem is never the real one. My ability to dig deeper is where human value enters.
Claim 3 · Process
Narrow to Find, Then Expand
Find the first solvable problem, then expand. This keeps me in control of the process rather than handing control to AI.
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Claim 4 · Engine
Symbiotic Thinking
Am I creating or consuming? Am I providing Context, making Choices, Confirming output? Am I at Knowledge and Wisdom level — or just passing prompts and accepting answers?
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Claim 5 · Anchor
Three Habits That Keep Me in Charge
Slow down — don't let AI's speed become your speed.  ·  Know yourself — what are your actual strengths right now?  ·  Take the lead — direct the work; don't follow it.
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Handwritten Reflection

Write by hand in your reflection notebook. Photograph your pages and upload to Canvas.

Reflection Prompts

For each claim above: write 2-3 honest sentences connecting it to your actual Sprint 1 and Sprint 2 work. Not what you wish you did — what you actually did. The AI-Discussion session that follows will push you further on each one.

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Problem Framing: Where in Sprints 1-2 did the problem you ended up solving differ from the one you started with? What moved you from the first description to the real one — or did the first description stay the one you built for?

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The First Description Is Never Enough: In Sprint 2, what was the gap between what your partner said their problem was and what you eventually concluded it actually was? How did you move from one to the other — or did the first description stay the one you built for?

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Narrow to Find, Then Expand: Did you narrow the problem to something genuinely solvable before building — or did you let the scope stay broad? What would the smallest meaningful version have looked like?

4

Symbiotic Thinking: Take your highest-scoring Sprint 2 submission. If you removed every sentence the AI suggested, organized, or phrased — what remains? Is what remains enough to build from?

The average AI-discussion score in this class was 4.3/5. The average student-authored score was 2.1/5. That gap is not about different assignments.

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Three Anchor Habits: Which of the three — slow down, know yourself, take the lead — did you most consistently fail to practice in Sprints 1-2? What was the cost? What specifically will you do differently in Sprint 3?

What to Submit

Photo of your handwritten reflection (1-2 pages, legible). Upload as a file.

Format: File upload (photo of handwritten reflection)
Due:
Points: 5
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