7 days · about 15 minutes a day · free
The 7-day AI starter course
01
Day 1
Meet AI
Understand what a chatbot is and have your first useful conversation.
Today's lessons
10-minute task
Open a free chatbot (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or Copilot). Ask it to explain something you have always wondered about, then ask two follow-up questions. Notice how it builds on what you said.
02
Day 2
Ask well
Write prompts that get a good answer on the first try.
Today's lessons
10-minute task
Pick a real message you need to write this week. Write it as a four-part prompt (role, task, context, format), or ask the AI to interview you first. Edit the result and actually send it.
03
Day 3
Know its limits
Learn why AI gets things wrong and how to check it.
Today's lessons
- 05Why AI makes things upOpen →
- 14Check what AI tells youOpen →
- 06The context window: AI's short-term memoryOpen →
10-minute task
Ask a chatbot three factual questions about your town, job or hobby. For each answer, ask for a source and check it. Write down which answers were right, wrong or unclear.
04
Day 4
Stay safe
Protect your data, your money and your family.
Today's lessons
10-minute task
Open your chatbot's settings and decide whether it may train on your chats. Then agree a family safe word with someone close to you, for emergency calls asking for money.
05
Day 5
Save time at work or school
Hand off the boring parts of writing and reading.
Today's lessons
10-minute task
Take one long document or a set of meeting notes. Ask AI for a summary for a specific reader, plus a list of actions with owners. Check one detail against the original.
06
Day 6
Work like a manager
Get better results by breaking jobs down and reviewing them.
Today's lessons
- 09Ask it to think step by stepOpen →
- 11Prompt chaining: one step at a timeOpen →
- 23Review AI like a managerOpen →
10-minute task
Choose a bigger task, like a short plan or proposal. Do it as a chain: outline, draft, ask AI to critique the draft, then rewrite. Compare the final version with the first draft.
07
Day 7
Make your own AI habit
See where AI is going and build a small weekly habit that keeps you improving.
Today's lessons
10-minute task
Make your own AI habit: list your weekly tasks and pick the one where AI helped most this week. Save your best prompt from this course as a template, and put a 15-minute "try one task with AI" slot in your calendar every week.