AI Build Jam - GDG on Campus Yale University x Yale Computer Society
Bring your ideas. Find your people. Build something that matters.
The version everyone leaves with.
AI for Good is an interdisciplinary build jam where students come together to explore how AI and technology can address real-world challenges.
From learning and research to climate, health, communities, and creativity, participants will turn ideas into prototypes that make a difference.
Big ideas. Real-world challenges. AI-powered solutions.
Things worth deciding early.
- 1Track 1: Learning & Research (how might we use AI to transform how we learn, study, discover, and conduct research)
- 2Track 2: Climate & Sustainability
- 3Track 3: Health & Wellbeing
- 4Track 4: Civic & Community
- 5Track 5: Arts & Creativity
What the at-home build adds.
- →More than an idea. More than a weekend.
- →Come with an idea. Leave with something to show.
Two tools. Two very different afternoons.
Neither is the beginner option. It comes down to what's already on your laptop, and whether you want a desktop IDE at all. Four questions, then bring the one that fits.
Already know which one you want?
What's on the laptop you'll bring?
Two hours, four movements.
- 0:00 – 0:15Intro
Grab a name tag and a slice, say hello to the instructor, and meet the people either side of you — you'll be asking them things later, so it pays to know their names now. Low pressure, high creativity, ship something messy. Then a quick word on what the room is building tonight, and you're off.
- 0:15 – 0:30Credits & setup
The instructor shares the Google Cloud credits with the room. Everyone gets their environment ready — whichever tool they brought. Nobody should be installing anything once the build starts.
- 0:30 – 1:35Build
Heads down, and enjoy it — this is the part everyone came for. The agent does the typing; you decide what it's making. Ask the room when you get stuck; someone two seats away hit the same wall ten minutes ago. Want more structure? The codelab walks the spec-driven route — Setup → Plan → Review → Build → API → Verify — but nobody has to follow it.
- 1:35 – 2:00Share & submit
Show the room what you made — two minutes, screen-shared from your seat. Half-finished is welcome; the wobbly ones are usually the most interesting. Say what surprised you along the way, and cheer for everyone else while you're at it. Then submit your build before you leave. This is the one thing not to skip — it's what puts your name and your chapter on the showcase, and it takes about two minutes.
Nothing yet.
Builds submitted through this page show up here, credited to Zoe Zhang.
Built something at this jam?
Put it on the showcase. It takes two minutes, half-finished is welcome, and your build is credited to this jam automatically.