I passed the Generative AI Passport exam on my first try after obsessively writing songs about it
I gave this a light novel-style title, but back in June 2025, in my memorable first note post, I wrote about how I had hit a wall studying for the Generative AI Passport and decided to turn the entire syllabus into songs. I didn't even bother with a proper self-introduction.
Oh, when I wrote that note, the links to the songs were on Suno, but now they are on YouTube. I made videos with lyrics for each song!!
As a 45-year-old middle-aged woman who has barely taken any exams since university entrance exams, I decided to try for a certification in AI, which is currently all the rage. Since the study material wasn't sticking in my head at all, I think I must have been losing my mind to a significant degree.
However, because I am a person who loves music and art to the core, the process itself was incredibly fun, and even now, when I think back to the nights I spent finishing the songs, I can easily slip back into that runner's high.
So, I successfully passed the Generative AI Passport exam in June 2025!!! Yay!!!
It's been about five months since I got it, but looking at the trends in the world, I feel that as long as I'm alive, society will likely be unable to function without the benefits of AI. Since it's also incredibly helpful in my main line of work, I'm really glad I got the certification.
Above all, for the first time in decades, I managed to earn a certification on my own, and my self-esteem skyrocketed!! For a middle-aged woman who thought her life was just going to keep drifting along from here on out, it was incredibly effective! I'm so grateful!
My study ratio was about 80% songwriting and 20% mock exams. I finished all the songs two weeks before the exam, and until two days before the test, I did nothing but listen to them. From around noon on the day before the final exam, I just kept solving practice problems from Amazon Kindle and the internet (I probably solved about 200 questions per chapter) until I reached a point where my correct answer rate wouldn't drop below 95%, and then I took the exam that night.
I was able to flag questions I was concerned about, which was very convenient when reviewing later. In reality, some questions were phrased differently than in the mock exams, and some had such subtle nuances in Japanese that they could be interpreted in multiple ways, making me wonder if they were even valid questions, but I managed to finish everything with about 30 minutes left out of the 60-minute time limit.
I think there were about 10 questions I was worried about, and I corrected about 5 of them because I had misread the questions. That was close, that was close. I broke into a cold sweat each time and felt a bit sick.
But I had a feeling that I would probably make it, and I finished the exam.
The result: Passed! Yahoo!!!
Honestly, I had no idea what was going on!! It was difficult!! It's not nearly as easy as people say; if you don't study properly, you will definitely fail this exam!!
So, my 45-year-old challenge to take a cutting-edge exam somehow went well.
I hope to write soon about how to use AI music for studying. The process of turning an entire syllabus into lyrics and songs is very exciting, but because you are forced to repeatedly ingest the lyrics (study content) through your ears over and over again, it has a tremendous subliminal effect. Knowledge gets stuck in your head whether you like it or not.
I think there might be a place where my experience could be useful, so I'd like to write about it sometime.
Long live!!!
iroha
▼I started a YouTube channel♪
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8i8pONYQRSgpedqw1Lod4g