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AI and Python Scripts: Automating Your Own Boring Tasks
Using AI to write small Python scripts that do your repetitive homework setup.
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- 1The big idea
- 2python
- 3automation
- 4file handling
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The big idea
Python is famous for being readable and friendly to beginners. AI can help you write tiny scripts that save you hours of clicking and renaming.
Some examples
- Ask AI for a script that renames every photo in a folder by date.
- Get a script that turns a CSV of your grades into a chart.
- Have AI build a script that opens all your homework apps with one click.
- Use AI to convert a manual checklist into a script you run each Sunday.
Try it!
Name one boring task you did this week. Ask AI to write a Python script for it. Run it on a copy of your files first.
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