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Start with a problem, curiosity, or outcome—not perfect technical language.
OpenAI Student Collective University of MiamiBUILD / EXPERIMENT / SHARE
The collective’s laboratory.
Explore project prompts, see what is waiting to be built, and turn curiosity into something other students can try.
03 / THE ENERGY
Less lecture.
More laboratory.
Our best meetings end with twenty browser tabs open, a messy whiteboard, and something new existing that didn’t an hour ago.
Pop-up workshops Build sessions
01# Tonight at the Collective
02question: “Can an AI be creative?”
03experiment: build a tiny creative agent
04constraint: 45 minutes, teams of three
05result: show us what surprised you
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There is no “right” background. Designers, engineers, writers, researchers, and the merely curious all belong here.
BUILD / THE COLLECTIVE LOOP
From a question
to something real.
If you can describe it, you can start building it. The first version only needs to be useful enough to test.
Shape
Add context, constraints, examples, and a clear definition of success.
Build
Turn the idea into a first useful version you can actually interact with.
Test
Give it to another student, observe what breaks, and improve the experience.
Share
Demo the result and the lessons—not just the polished final screen.
BUILD / CHOOSE YOUR TOOL
Different tools.
One creative process.
You do not need to master everything. Choose the tool that matches the next step in your idea.
THINK & CREATE
ChatGPT
Explore ideas, understand material, write, research, plan, and turn scattered thoughts into a clear direction.
Try it for a study plan, research brief, or presentation outline.ORGANIZE & EXECUTE
ChatGPT Work
Bring files, project context, and repeatable workflows together to move a larger task from start to finish.
Try it for an event plan, application tracker, or team project.BUILD & SHIP
Codex
Describe what you want to make, then work with a coding agent to create, test, debug, and improve real software.
Try it for a website, campus tool, data project, or prototype.05 / IDEA GENERATOR
Start with an interest.
Leave with a build.
Pick a direction and get a starter prompt for the next collective experiment. These are sparks—not assignments.
COLLECTIVE IDEA LABLOCAL DEMO
What are you curious about?
YOUR STARTING PROMPTBuild an AI study-spot guide that learns what “productive” means to different students.
BUILD / STARTER PROMPTS
Choose a direction.
Make it yours.
Each prompt is a launchpad. Replace the brackets, add your perspective, and keep asking better questions as you build.
Make campus easier to navigate
A useful student-facing guide or planning tool.
Help me prototype a simple tool for University of Miami students who need to [specific campus need]. First ask me five questions about the student, the moment they would use it, and what a successful result looks like. Then propose the smallest useful version we could build in one session.
Turn a class into a study system
A personalized, repeatable learning workflow.
Help me design a study system for [course]. I will provide the syllabus, learning goals, and my current notes. Organize the material into concepts, practice questions, and a weekly review rhythm. Clearly separate facts from anything that needs verification.
Pressure-test a startup idea
A testable one-page concept and interview plan.
Act as a rigorous product partner. Help me turn this startup idea—[idea]—into a one-page concept. Identify the user, painful moment, current alternative, riskiest assumption, and smallest experiment. Do not validate the idea automatically; challenge weak assumptions and end with five interview questions.
Build a Miami story machine
An interactive creative prototype with a point of view.
Help me create an interactive storytelling experience inspired by Miami. Before building, ask me to choose a medium, audience, emotional tone, and one constraint that makes the idea distinctive. Then produce a concise build plan and a first working version.
Make research explorable
A sourced interface that helps others understand a topic.
Help me create an explorable research brief about [topic]. Define the key questions, propose trustworthy primary sources, and design a clear interface for claims, evidence, uncertainty, and open questions. Never invent citations, and flag any claim that still needs verification.
Design a student opportunity finder
A working prototype that matches students to opportunities.
Help me design a student opportunity finder for [audience]. Begin by defining the minimum information needed from a student and from an opportunity. Then propose the matching logic, privacy considerations, empty states, and the smallest prototype we can test with five students.
06 / PROJECT QUEUE
Ideas waiting
for a team.
These are starting points for our first cohort. Once members begin shipping, this space becomes a living showcase of real student work.
SEED IDEA 01
Campus AI Guide
A practical, student-written guide to using AI thoughtfully for learning, making, and research.
OPEN FOR COLLABORATORS →SEED IDEA 02
Miami Build Night
One evening, small teams, and working prototypes centered on a problem students actually experience.
OPEN FOR COLLABORATORS →SEED IDEA 03
Prompt Commons
A growing collection of useful prompts, experiments, and lessons contributed by members across majors.
OPEN FOR COLLABORATORS →