Prompt of the Month 🤖
Join Florida Atlantic University in a fun, monthly challenge to explore the exciting world of Artificial Intelligence! Discover how different AIs respond to the same prompts and sharpen your critical thinking skills.
How it works:
🎊 The Digital Detox Challenge: Finding Balance
How Did Our AIs Respond?
Compare how each AI model structures the 30-day plan. One focuses on measurement and control, while the other prioritizes replacing old habits with new, productive ones.
🔍 Google Gemini (Focus: Tracking & Control) Says:
(Generated on Dec 24, 2025) - Known for its creativity and broader context understanding
30-Day Digital Detox: Measurement and Mitigation
This plan emphasizes structured control and identifying high-risk usage times to meet your 3-hour reduction goal.
- Weeks 1-2 (The Audit): Use phone's built-in digital well-being features (e.g., iOS Screen Time or Android Digital Wellbeing) to track usage. Set **hard app limits** for 90 minutes per day on high-use apps (Instagram, TikTok).
- Weeks 3-4 (The Rewire): Implement "phone-free zones" (e.g., the bedroom, the dining table, the first 60 minutes of the morning).
- Alternative Activities: Dedicate the saved time to **'Focused Work Sprints'** for the new semester's studies or start reading a fiction series.
- Tools to Use: Use the **Forest App** to gamify focus time, or try a physical **'time-lock box'** to physically restrict phone access during peak study hours.
🤖 Microsoft Copilot (Focus: Substitution & Skills) Suggests:
(Generated on Dec 24, 2025) - Often excels in search-integrated factual information and conciseness
30-Day Digital Detox: Substitution and Skill Building
This strategy focuses on seamlessly replacing old, passive screen time with new, active, skill-based hobbies.
- Weeks 1-2 (Skill Foundations): Dedicate your saved time to a **'No-Screen Creative Hobby,'** such as sketching, journaling, or learning basic acoustic guitar chords.
- Weeks 3-4 (Social Substitution): Schedule one non-digital, face-to-face social activity per week (e.g., a board game night, a hike with friends, or volunteering). This replaces social media scrolling with real-world connection.
- Alternative Activities: Begin a side-skill focused on **basic website design** (e.g., HTML/CSS basics) which uses a computer, but is a productive, marketable skill.
- Tools to Use: Use the **Freedom App** to block distracting websites across all devices (desktop and mobile) during self-designated work hours, or try a simple analog clock on your desk to measure work time.
Ready to Try It Yourself?
Now that you've seen our examples, we encourage you to experiment! See if your results are similar to ours, or if you discover something new!
Why Are We Doing This? (Beyond the Fun!)
Understanding AI in Our Daily Lives
In an increasingly AI-driven world, understanding these tools is essential. This challenge helps you:
- 💡 Discover Diverse Capabilities: See that AIs have different strengths, training data, and algorithms, leading to varied outputs.
- 🔍 Cultivate Critical Thinking: Learn to evaluate AI-generated content for accuracy, bias, and completeness. Not all AI answers are created equal!
- 🎓 Boost AI Literacy: Become more comfortable and confident using AI tools ethically and effectively for your academic, professional, and personal needs.
- ⚙️ Spark Innovation: Realize the potential of AI to assist with research, writing, problem-solving, and creativity.
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