Departments outside computer science are now asking for AI sessions, and most of what they receive is either a sales pitch for a tool or a computer science lecture in disguise. A commerce or arts student needs neither. They need to know what these systems are, how to use them without embarrassing themselves, and where the risks are. Here is a one-hour plan that works for that audience.

0–10: what it is, in plain words

A language model predicts likely text. It does not look things up unless connected to a source, it can be confidently wrong, and it reflects what it was trained on. Say this in ten minutes with two live examples — one impressive, one wrong. The wrong one teaches more.

10–30: honest use for study and work

  • Drafting and restructuring your own writing, not generating an assignment.
  • Explaining a concept three ways until one clicks.
  • Summarising a long document — then checking the summary against the document, live, in front of them.
  • Preparing for an interview or viva with a model playing the examiner.

30–45: hands-on exercise

Everyone asks the same factual question about their own field and checks the answer against a textbook or a trusted site. Half the room will find an error. That fifteen minutes converts abstract warnings into a habit of verification.

45–55: privacy and integrity

  • Do not paste personal data, other people's data or unpublished work into public tools.
  • Know your college's policy on AI in assignments; when in doubt, disclose.
  • Understand that free tools may train on what you type.

55–60: what next

One tool to try this week, one habit — verify before you use — and a contact for questions. Non-CS students are often the most thoughtful audience about AI's limits; the session should respect that.

I run this session for departments across disciplines, not only for computer applications; coordinators can arrange it through the invite page.

— Pranjul Rathour, GenAI Engineer from Kanpur, India. Open to GenAI roles, hackathon judging, mentorship sessions and guest talks at any campus: pranjulrathour41@gmail.com.