Skip to main content

6-Week AI Income Lab @ Second Sky

Program Overview

AI for Real-World Impact — Creativity, Cashflow, and Careers

Each week focuses on one pillar of applied AI literacy, mixing demos, practice, and monetization paths.

This 6-week series of hands-on workshops is designed to empower learners, artists, educators, and entrepreneurs to harness artificial intelligence for creative expression and real-world income.

WEEK 1

The AI Launchpad: Learn Faster, Create Smarter

Concepts: Start where AI learns — and learn with it. Build confidence in prompting, experimentation, and creative problem-solving using human-AI collaboration as your personal accelerator.

Highlights:

  • AI Learning Roadmap: discover your personal AI journey and learning style
  • Prompt Engineering Foundations: 20+ ChatGPT techniques that save hours
  • AI Literacy for Life & Work: understand how to apply AI responsibly
  • AI Tools for Projects: compare best-in-class free and paid tools
  • Learn Anything Faster: use AI to master any skill or subject
  • Build Your AI Stack: choose 3 tools you’ll use all series long

Outcome: Participants create a personalized AI Learning Dashboard + Prompt Library, launching their own “co-pilot for learning and creativity."

WEEK 2

Building Smart Systems: From Prompts to Agentic AI

Concepts: Move from asking AI what to do to designing systems that do the work for you. Learn how to automate workflows, connect apps, and create simple AI agents that think and act on your behalf.

Highlights:

  • Agentic AI Tools Guide: explore emerging agent frameworks
  • No-Code Automation: link Google Sheets, Notion, and Zapier
  • The AI Workflow Remix: design your own “digital assistant loop”
  • AI Business Challenge: prototype an automation that earns or saves money
  • Branding & Thumbnails with AI: rapid content branding pipeline
  • Comet / Labs Mode Walkthrough: inside next-gen AI browsers (Perplexity, Rewind, etc.)

Outcome: Participants will chain AI tools into a functioning workflow that completes a real-world task (e.g., researching, writing, designing, or posting content) automatically.

WEEK 3

The Creator Economy: Video, Audio, and AI-Powered Design

Concept: Unleash AI’s creative side to produce visual stories, generate music, and design for impact. Learn tools that turn imagination into monetizable media.

Highlights:

  • Free AI Video Tools: explore Runway, Pika, and Veed
  • Hack for AI Background Music: soundtrack generation and rights tips
  • The Future of YouTube (Do This Before 2026): algorithmic edge for creators
  • Canva Product Ideas Template: convert designs into passive income
  • Thumbnail & Visual Identity Design: AI-aided consistency for brands
  • Voice & Sound Generation: text-to-speech, emotion mapping, and remixing
  • AI Storytelling Workshop: from script to image to motion workflow

Outcome: Each participant produces a 60-second branded media piece or digital design suitable for posting, pitching, or selling.

WEEK 4

Monetize Your Mind: AI Business Models and Side Hustles

Concept: Turn your skills and curiosity into revenue. Explore digital products, automation-based services, and hybrid business models that scale.

Highlights:

  • 20 Passive Income Ideas Using AI: real-world examples that work
  • 77 Ways to Earn Money with AI: from print-on-demand to affiliate models
  • Profitable Digital Niches: find gaps in creative & technical mar kets
  • Two-Engine Business Model: product + service = resilience
  • AI Finance & Passive Tools: dashboards, trackers, and automations
  • Monetizing Creativity: turning art, design, or music into digital assets
  • AI Side Hustle: Guide + Blueprint

Outcome: Participants create a basic AI Business Funnel or Monetization Prototype, ready to test or deploy.

WEEK 5

Digital Safety, Productivity, and Future Careers

Concept: Learn about responsible use of AI. Stay secure, protect your data, optimize your work, and navigate tomorrow’s AI-powered job market.

Highlights:

  • Cybersecurity How-To 2025: practical privacy & security checklist
  • Top AI Productivity Tools: task automation, writing, scheduling
  • AI Education & Apprenticeships EO: future of skill credentials
  • Generative AI vs AGI: what’s coming next (and how to adapt)
  • 55+ AI Tools for Entrepreneurs: curated toolkit for every role
  • How to Make Money Online (Two-Engine Model): sustainable growth frameworks
  • Career Compass: AI in Every Field: map your future job or business niche

Outcome: Participants gain a Digital Resilience Toolkit and leave with a clear view of new AI-driven career pathways.

WEEK 6

The Future Is Hybrid: Educators, Engineers, and Entrepreneurs

Concept: Synthesize everything. Build and showcase your own project, using code snippets, creative tools, and real-world templates for education, design, and entrepreneurship.

Highlights:

  • AI Resources for Everyone: from students to startups
  • Free vs Paid Tool Comparison: find your optimal stack
  • Beginner EDA Mini-Project: visualize your data with AI help
  • Shortcut Codes: reuse snippets to accelerate creation
  • Applied AI & Digital Entrepreneurship:  turning course projects into consulting offers
  • AI for Educators & Creators: ready-to-teach templates and student prompts

Outcome: Participants showcase a portfolio-ready capstone project, demonstrating real skills and monetization potential, ready for employment, partnership, or launch.