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Tutorials · Never used AI

Super Beginner

Start here if you have never used AI, or tried it once and gave up. Numbered, in order, and every lesson measures the AI way against the way you do it now.

Start here, in order· 8 lessons, about 64 min total
  1. 1

    1. Your First 10 Minutes With AI

    Sign up, send your first three prompts, and get something useful back. Includes copy-pasteable prompts for understanding a confusing letter, drafting a message you have been avoiding, and making a decision faster.

    7 min
  2. 2

    2. The Same Request, Written Two Ways

    We sent one request twice. The lazy version came back with 8 blanks to fill in. The version with 4 extra lines came back at 97 words with 1 blank and a 48 hour deadline nobody asked for.

    7 min
  3. 3

    3. Getting AI to Write Something You Would Actually Send

    A missed deadline email, written for real. The prompt is 8 lines, the output was 91 words, and it was sendable. Here are the 3 things every writing request needs.

    7 min
  4. 4

    4. Asking Questions About Your Own Documents

    Paste in a contract clause and ask 4 questions. One answer came back "not stated in this text", which is the answer that makes the other 3 trustworthy.

    6 min
  5. 5

    5. Learning Something New Without Getting Lied To

    We asked it to explain mortgages and it got the interest math wrong by a factor of 12. In the same answer where we asked what it was unsure about, and it did not flag it.

    7 min
  6. 6

    6. Show It What You Want Instead of Describing It

    We ran the same product description twice, once with 3 style examples pasted in. The second one led with the downside. It also invented a test we never ran.

    6 min
  7. 7

    7. Stop Explaining Yourself Every Time

    Twenty minutes of setup so you never retype your context again. Standing instructions, a project per recurring job, and a note called prompts.

    6 min
  8. 8

    8. Checking Its Work Without Checking Everything

    It cannot catch its own mistakes while making them. Hand the same paragraph back in a fresh chat and it caught all 4 errors, calling out "the author", which was itself.

    7 min