The cost revolution, a live flight simulator, and building two professional event flyers using photos of real people from this room.
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We start with something that will permanently change how you think about what's possible. Then we build real things using photos you take today.
This is one of the most important economic shifts of our lifetimes — and it's happening right now.
🎬 Instructor Action — Do This Now
Click the button — it opens Claude in a new tab with the flight simulator prompt already typed in. Hit send, then come back here and keep teaching. Switch to the reveal slide when Claude finishes.
Opens Claude.ai in a new tab — prompt is pre-filled, just hit Enter.
For most of the last 30 years, building software required specialists, big budgets, and a lot of time.
The biggest expense in building software has always been paying skilled programmers. AI has become extraordinarily good at writing code — faster, cheaper, and available to anyone.
Right now, AI coding tools are writing 30–50% of the code at many major tech companies — and that number grows every month.
The investor-ready business plan we built together? Research, financials, market analysis, full website.
In 2019: $15,000 · 6 weeks
With AI: Free · 4 minutes
The limiting factor is no longer money or technical skill. It's imagination and the ability to describe what you want. That's something every person in this room already has.
The same cost collapse is happening across almost every creative and intellectual field.
Letters, reports, newsletters, brochures, flyers — anything that used to go to a professional writer or designer.
Logos, event posters, social graphics — AI generates them from plain text. That's exactly what we're doing today.
Full original songs with vocals — like the music video we made in Class 1. Would have cost $5,000–$20,000 in a recording studio.
Short films, promotional videos, tutorials — tasks that once required a full production crew are now solo projects.
Fully playable 3D applications, games, and simulations — built from a single sentence description. We started one while I was talking about costs. Let's see it now.
The Prompt That Built This
"Build a playable 3D flight simulator as a single HTML file using Three.js. Include: a controllable airplane (arrow keys to pitch and roll, W/S for throttle), procedurally generated terrain with green hills, a blue sky with clouds, a HUD showing speed and altitude, and a camera that follows the plane. Beautiful soft lighting and horizon fog."
In 2019 this game would have needed a professional developer, $10,000–$30,000, and 3–6 months. Claude wrote every line of code in about 60 seconds while you were sitting in your seats.
Switch to the Claude tab you opened earlier — the simulator should be finished generating
In Claude — Click the Artifact Preview
Claude generates the simulator as an artifact. Click the preview panel on the right side — it opens full screen and is immediately playable.
Controls
⬆⬇ Arrow keys — pitch up / down
⬅➡ Arrow keys — roll left / right
W / S — throttle up / down
Just fly!
A highly capable intern who can draft almost anything quickly — but still needs a knowledgeable human to review the work, catch errors, and make the final call.
Using that capable intern to make real, useful things. Up next: two professional event flyers — using photos of people in this room.
Two professional event flyers. With real photos — of real people in this room. Using three different AI tools working together.
Different AI tools have different superpowers. Here's how we combine them:
No single AI does everything perfectly. Learning to chain tools together — using each one for what it's best at — is the real skill. This is how professionals use AI in 2026.
All of these are free to try. For today we recommend ChatGPT or Google Gemini — both free, no download.
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For today's class: We'll use Claude for everything — upload photos directly into Claude, it analyzes them and builds the flyer in one shot. Simple, fast, no account juggling.
First we get volunteers and take their photos. Then we bring those photos into ChatGPT — which can actually generate real images from photos — and ask it to create a cartoon bocce scene featuring them.
Upload all the photos at once into ChatGPT, paste the prompt from the next section, and hit send. ChatGPT will generate a real illustrated image of cartoon versions of your volunteers playing bocce ball.
Takes about 20–30 seconds. Free with a ChatGPT account.
I'm uploading photos of the people we'd like to feature. Please create a warm, fun cartoon illustration in a Pixar/Disney 3D style showing all of them playing bocce ball together on a sunny outdoor lawn. Study each person's photo carefully and make their cartoon version recognizable — match their hair color and style, glasses if they wear them, approximate age and build, and clothing colors. Show them in active, joyful poses with bocce balls on a green lawn with a blue sky. The mood should be cheerful and community-spirited. Make it look like a high-quality illustration that could appear on an event flyer.
Download the image to your computer or phone. Then go to the next slide — we'll bring it into Claude to build the full flyer around it.
Open Claude, upload the cartoon image you downloaded from ChatGPT, then paste this prompt. Claude will build a complete, print-ready flyer around your image.
I'm attaching a cartoon illustration of some residents from our community playing bocce ball. Please turn this into a beautiful, professional event flyer I can print — US Letter size, output as a single SVG file. Use warm greens and sunny yellows, a friendly rounded font, and make the cartoon image the centerpiece near the top of the flyer. All the event details should be clearly laid out below it. EVENT DETAILS: • Event: Sunrise Pines Bocce Ball Tournament • Date: Saturday, May 10th, 2025 • Time: 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM • Location: The Main Lawn (behind Building C) • Teams: Pairs — 2 players per team • Entry: Free for all residents • Prizes: Trophy + $25 gift card for 1st place · Trophy for 2nd place • Refreshments: Lemonade and snacks provided • RSVP: Activities Desk by May 7th · Ext. 204
I've attached a cartoon illustration of some residents playing bocce ball. Create a print-ready event flyer as a single SVG file — US Letter size (816 × 1056 px at 96dpi). Embed all fonts using a Google Fonts @import inside a style block. Place the attached cartoon image prominently in the upper portion using a foreignObject image element. EVENT DETAILS: • Event: Sunrise Pines Bocce Ball Tournament • Date: Saturday, May 10th, 2025 • Time: 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM • Location: The Main Lawn (behind Building C) • Teams: Pairs — 2 players per team • Entry: Free for all residents • Prizes: Trophy + $25 gift card for 1st place · Trophy for 2nd place • Refreshments: Lemonade and snacks provided • RSVP: Activities Desk by May 7th · Ext. 204 DESIGN: Warm, earthy greens and sunny yellows. Friendly rounded font. Fun and welcoming — all skill levels encouraged. Big bold headline at top, cartoon image below it, event details cleanly in the lower half, RSVP at the bottom. Professional quality — looks like a real community event poster. Output only the raw SVG code starting with <svg and ending with </svg>. No explanation, no markdown fences.
In Claude: drag your downloaded cartoon image into the chat, paste the prompt above, hit Enter. Claude builds the full flyer in about 20 seconds. If the image doesn't embed correctly, use the 🔧 Technical Backup button instead.
"Make the headline bigger and use a darker green."
"Add a line: bring comfortable shoes and sunscreen."
"Make it feel more like a party — add some excitement to the tone."
ChatGPT did what it's great at — generating a real, beautiful image from photos.
Claude did what it's great at — understanding context, writing copy, and building a polished formatted document around that image.
Neither tool alone gives you the full result. Together they do.
What other events here could use a flyer like this? Holiday party? Card tournament? Fitness class? The same two-step process works for any of them.
We have a photo of the interior of the venue. ChatGPT can edit a real photo — so we ask it to place a full symphony orchestra performing inside that space. The result is a photorealistic image, not a drawing.
Beatitudes Campus · Phoenix, AZ
1616 W Glendale Ave. A beautiful campus — the perfect setting for an elegant evening of classical music.
Upload your interior venue photo into ChatGPT, then send this:
Please edit this photo to add a full classical symphony orchestra performing in this space. Add approximately 40–50 musicians seated in formal concert formation — strings in front, woodwinds and brass behind, percussion at the back. All musicians in formal black concert attire with music stands. Keep the room's existing architecture, lighting, walls, and decor exactly as they are. The orchestra should look naturally integrated, as if they are actually performing here right now. Photorealistic quality.
Download the enhanced orchestra photo. Then the next slide — we bring it into Claude to build the full concert flyer around it.
Open Claude. Upload your orchestra image and exterior venue photo if you have it. Paste this prompt and send — Claude builds the full elegant flyer as a printable SVG.
I'm attaching photos of our venue. Please use the orchestra image as the main centerpiece of a beautiful, elegant concert flyer I can print — US Letter size, output as a single SVG file. Use deep navy blue and warm gold, a sophisticated serif font, and make this feel like a high-end concert hall program. If I've included an exterior photo too, use it as a smaller accent on the flyer. EVENT DETAILS: • Event: An Evening of Classics • Performing: The Desert Winds Chamber Orchestra • Date: Friday, May 16th, 2025 • Doors: 6:30 PM · Concert: 7:00 PM • Venue: The Grand Pavilion, Beatitudes Campus • Address: 1616 W Glendale Ave, Phoenix, AZ 85021 • Program: Vivaldi's Four Seasons · Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata · Mozart's Eine Kleine Nachtmusik • Tickets: $20 general · Free for Beatitudes residents • RSVP: Activities Desk by May 14th · Limited seating • Dress: Smart casual
I've attached images of our venue. Use the orchestra photo as the main hero image and the exterior photo (if included) as a secondary accent. Create a print-ready event flyer as a single SVG file — US Letter size (816 × 1056 px at 96dpi). Embed all fonts using a Google Fonts @import inside a style block. Place the hero image prominently using a foreignObject image element. EVENT DETAILS: • Event: An Evening of Classics • Performing: The Desert Winds Chamber Orchestra • Date: Friday, May 16th, 2025 • Doors: 6:30 PM · Concert: 7:00 PM • Venue: The Grand Pavilion, Beatitudes Campus • Address: 1616 W Glendale Ave, Phoenix, AZ 85021 • Program: Vivaldi's Four Seasons · Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata · Mozart's Eine Kleine Nachtmusik • Tickets: $20 general · Free for Beatitudes residents • RSVP: Activities Desk by May 14th · Limited seating • Dress: Smart casual DESIGN: Sophisticated and elegant. Deep navy blue and warm gold palette. Serif fonts — feel like a Lincoln Center program. US Letter portrait. The orchestra image should be the visual centerpiece — this is a prestige event. Output only the raw SVG code starting with <svg and ending with </svg>. No explanation, no markdown fences.
In Claude: drag in your downloaded images, paste the prompt above, hit Enter. The finished flyer appears in about 20 seconds. If the image doesn't embed correctly, use the 🔧 Technical Backup button instead.
Bocce flyer: fun, warm, earthy greens, friendly cartoon.
Symphony flyer: refined, navy and gold, serif fonts, real photo.
Same two tools. The AI understood the difference from your words alone. You didn't have to explain it.
"Add a short bio of the Desert Winds Chamber Orchestra."
"Make a half-page version I can use as a table tent at dinner."
"Add a Spanish translation of the key event details."
The more clearly you describe the feeling you want — not just the facts — the better both tools match your vision. That skill is worth more than knowing any specific app.
What we just did wasn't about any single AI tool. It was about understanding which tool to use for which task and connecting them together.
Top designers, writers, and developers don't use just one AI. They build pipelines — chains of tools where each one does what it's best at.
You just did exactly that. With no technical background. In under an hour.
That is the power of knowing how to ask.
Let's build something for a real event someone here actually wants. You bring the details — we build it live.
We go deeper into AI image generation. Create original artwork, greeting card images, and illustrations — just by describing what you want.
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Questions? Ask away now.
3 classes to go · Each builds on today