Co-Create D(Ai)LY – AI in Everyday Life
02 April 2026, Thursday
02 April 2026, Thursday
11:00 AM
01:00 PM
IILM University, Gurugram (Multi-Departmental)
IILM University, Gurugram
IILM University, Gurugram
Co-Create D(Ai)LY was a distinctive event hosted by IILM University, Gurugram, built around the premise that artificial intelligence is not a distant concept but something already present in the choices, tools, and experiences that shape daily life — an intellectually grounded framing that positioned the event as a practical, honest, and accessible exploration of AI rather than a showcase of futuristic technology.
The event brought students, faculty, and industry voices into a shared space through interactive sessions, real-life examples, and student showcases — creating a multi-stakeholder dialogue environment that kept the conversation grounded, practical, and honest, reflecting the event’s core intention of making AI understood rather than making it impressive.
Student showcases formed a central component of the event — providing students with a platform to present their own engagement with, understanding of, and creative applications of AI tools in everyday contexts, positioning student perspectives as legitimate and valued contributions to the broader institutional conversation about AI rather than merely as an audience for expert presentations.
The inclusion of industry voices alongside faculty and students created a genuine three-way dialogue across professional experience, academic expertise, and student perspective — reflecting an understanding that meaningful AI literacy conversations require the integration of multiple viewpoints and that the most productive discussions about AI’s role in everyday life emerge when practitioners, educators, and learners engage as equals around shared questions.
Co-Create D(Ai)LY was designed to quietly shift how students think and what they feel equipped to do with what they know — reflecting a sophisticated educational philosophy that values the transformative effect of being part of a meaningful conversation as much as the formal transmission of information, and that recognises the lasting impact of environments in which student perspectives sit alongside industry experience as valued contributions.
Students gained a practical and grounded understanding of how artificial intelligence is already present in the choices, tools, and experiences that shape their daily lives — moving beyond abstract or futuristic conceptions of AI towards a more immediate, personally relevant, and critically informed appreciation of the technology’s current role and implications.
Participation in student showcases gave students the experience of presenting their own AI engagement and understanding to a mixed audience of peers, faculty, and industry professionals — developing presentation skills, intellectual confidence, and the ability to articulate complex technological concepts clearly and accessibly in a professional and academic setting.
The interactive format of the event developed students’ capacity to engage with AI as a subject of practical, honest dialogue rather than passive reception — building the critical thinking, intellectual openness, and collaborative curiosity that enable them to engage thoughtfully with rapidly evolving technology in their academic work and future professional roles.
Direct engagement with industry voices on the everyday applications and implications of AI provided students with a practically grounded professional perspective on the technology they are learning to work with — bridging the gap between academic AI education and the real-world contexts in which AI tools are being adopted, applied, and evaluated across diverse industries.
The experience of being part of a shared, multi-stakeholder conversation where their perspectives sit alongside industry expertise quietly shifted how students think about their relationship to AI — building the kind of intellectual agency, informed confidence, and active curiosity that equips them to engage constructively and critically with AI as both a professional tool and a subject of ongoing societal significance.