====Creating an AI (Windows)====

This will walk you through the steps of preparing your system to build an AI model.

===Installing Python===

First, install **Python**. Ideally, you should match the Python version being used on your ARDI server.

On Windows systems, we often suggest using the //previous// major version, as it can take some time for the required libraries to be made available for the Windows platform.

[[https://www.python.org/downloads/]]

For simplicity, we normally suggest installing to an easy-to-remember folder, such as **C:\Python311** for Python 3.11.

===Installing Libraries===

Next, you need to install the required libraries.

1) Open a **command prompt** window (open your Start menu and type 'command prompt' to find it).

2) Type the following command...

    pip install tensorflow numpy matplotlib

//If the command above fails, you might not have added the Python folder to your **path**. You can try typing **c:\<pythonfolder>\scripts\pip install tensorflow numpy matplotlib** instead.//

===Build your AI===

Next, unzip the file you downloaded from the ARDI server into an easy-to-remember folder (for example, 'C:\AIFiles'.

In your command-prompt window, change to that directory. For example...

   cd c:\AIFiles

Run the 'build.py' command...

   python build.py

//As before, if you didn't add Python to your PATH, you might need to enter the full path to your Python executable//.

===Test your AI===

You can test your AI the same way, with the command...

   python test.py