Start Here: Your First Week with AI

Seven short lessons. By the end, you'll have used AI for five real things in your own life.

A complete beginner finishes this in a week — or an afternoon. No accounts to configure, no jargon to memorize. You'll follow along in whatever AI app you already have: ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini all work fine.

Free7 lessons

1. 1Meet your new thinking partnerYou already have a world-class assistant on your phone. Let's actually meet it.
2. 2The one skill that changes everything: contextThe difference between a useless answer and a great one is usually one sentence you didn't type.
3. 3Make it sound like you, not a robotAI writing has a smell. Here's how to get rid of it.
4. 4When AI lies to you (and it will)AI will sometimes invent facts, quotes, even court cases — with a straight face. This is the most important lesson on this site.
5. 5Your first real project: plan somethingLet's use everything so far to plan something you actually want to do.
6. 6AI as your patient tutorThe best teacher you've ever had never gets tired of your questions. It's in your pocket.
7. 7What now? Your personal mapYou've got the fundamentals. Now let's point them at your life.