Being Creative with Chatbots

How to co-create apps, adventures, debates, and panel discussions with AI

A workshop led by Ken Kahn


When: April 6, 2025
10:00 AM to noon EDT
Where everywhere via Zoom

Chatbots such as ChatGPT and Claude can be asked to create apps. But it works well only if you ask for something simple and then iteratively ask for improvements, test them, and provide feedback. You can also ask for text-based adventures and all sorts of discussions including conversations between historical figures, participation in panel discussions and debates, and co-creation of illustrated stories.

This workshop will include
  • A brief general introduction to creative uses of chatbots
  • Live demonstrations of the co-creation of simple web apps with chatbots.
  • Tips on how best to creatively interact with chatbots
  • Examples of apps created
    • Games
    • Simulations
    • Mathematical explorations
    • Mobile apps
    • Apps that use AI capabilities
    • Apps that do AI
  • Non-app examples
    • Text-based adventures
    • Illustrated stories
    • Conversations with personas
    • Debates
    • Panels
  • Discussion on
    • constructionism and computational thinking in the age of chatbots
    • computer programming for all in the age of chatbots
 The topics included in the workshop are explored in detail in Ken Kahn's new book
The Learner’s Apprentice: AI and the Amplification of Human Creativity


You might want to read it prior to attending the workshop.

You can order a copy here

About the workshop leader

Ken Kahn has been interested in AI, programming languages, and education for 50 years. His 1977 paper “Three Interactions between AI and Education” may be among the first publications on the topic. He received his doctorate from the MIT AI Lab in 1979 where he worked with Seymour Papert, Marvin Minsky, and Cynthia Solomon. His doctoral thesis Creation of Computer Animation from Story Descriptions foresaw generative AI. He designed and implemented ToonTalk, a programming language for children that looks and feels like a video game. He has developed a large collection of AI programming resources in Snap! He recently retired from the University of Oxford as a Senior Researcher. He recently published The Learner’s Apprentice: AI and the Amplification of Human Creativity, a book about how students can use chatbots to create apps, adventures, illustrated stories, and more.