Semester ReflectionsFall 2026
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AI 285 · Fall 2026 · Weeks 1–15

A semester,
one week at a time.

I am Aadithya Chandramouli, a senior studying Computer Science at Penn State University. This is my reflection journal for Experiential Learning Skills (AI 285).

Every week of the semester I write one entry here: what actually landed, how it connects to my own life and plans, what was hard — and an honest record of how I used an AI tool, including one thing it got wrong that I had to correct.

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The semester at a glance

Full journey
  1. 1Week 1Syllabus WeekAugust 24 – August 28
  2. 2Week 2Building My First AgentAugust 31 – September 4
  3. 3Week 3Getting Into the FlowSeptember 7 – September 11
  4. 4Week 4Building for Hydro NodeSeptember 14 – September 18
  5. 5Week 5Real People, Not AI PersonasSeptember 21 – September 25
  6. 6Week 6Prototyping and StoryboardsSeptember 28 – October 2
  7. 7Week 7Peer Review, and Attacks That Didn't LandOctober 5 – October 9
  8. 8Week 8Halfway, and Something That Made Things UpOctober 12 – October 16
  9. 9Week 9UpcomingOctober 19 – October 23
  10. 10Week 10UpcomingOctober 26 – October 30
  11. 11Week 11UpcomingNovember 2 – November 6
  12. 12Week 12UpcomingNovember 9 – November 13
  13. 13Week 13UpcomingNovember 16 – November 20
  14. 14Week 14UpcomingNovember 23 – November 27
  15. 15Week 15UpcomingNovember 30 – December 4
  16. FFinalUpcomingDecember 7 – December 11

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Semester progress

8 of 15 weekly reflections published

Plus the final meta-reflection — 16 entries in total across the semester.

50% of the semester journal is complete.

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Week 08Published

Halfway, and Something That Made Things Up

Class was on AI tools and vision. In my research, an AI generated content that wasn't backed by the data and didn't flag that it had done it. Halfway through the semester, that is the clearest version yet of the thing I keep running into.

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Course
AI 285 — Experiential Learning Skills
Instructor
David Fusco
Institution
Penn State University
Term
Fall 2026
Entries
16 across the semester