I’m new to this: a practical AI learning path
Get from a blank chat box to a result you can use and check.
A useful first conversation, then a little confidence.
Get from a blank chat box to a result you can use and check.
Take these at your own pace. Mark completion after practicing, not as a qualification.
1. AI beyond search: your first useful conversation
Move from asking for an answer to working through a task, with a complete first conversation and a small exercise.
Practice: Pick one ordinary task for tomorrow. Ask for three options. Choose one, correct one assumption, then ask for a final checklist.
2. How to get better answers with follow-up questions
Learn five ways to repair an AI answer: clarify, constrain, compare, demonstrate, and check.
Practice: Take an answer you found disappointing. Name one problem, write a targeted follow-up, and compare only that part of the result.
3. How to fact-check an AI answer without checking everything
Find the claims that matter, follow them to evidence, and separate what is supported from what is merely plausible.
Practice: Try the source detective lab. For each claim, decide whether the supplied source supports it before revealing the explanation.
4. Learn with AI while keeping the thinking yours
Turn explanations into practice with hints, questions, teach-back, and a final attempt without help.
Practice: Study one small idea for ten minutes. Then close the chat and explain it using a new example.
Your small project
Plan something small for this week. Revise one assumption, verify the key detail, and save the final checklist.
Related Power of AI pages
Keep reading with Start here, everyday uses, the tool guide, the writing workshop, and sources and standards.