Free course
Working With AI
Go from outside the tools to building real things with AI, calmly and without the hype.
I am an AI engineer, and this is a plain-English course for people who are not technical. We set up the tools, learn the handful of habits that keep you safe, and build real projects together. No coding experience needed, just judgment, which you already have. New lesson regularly. Best watched in order, top to bottom.
Lessons
Watch the whole week in one sittingThe full course, start to finish
Lesson 1
The promise
Why judgment matters more than coding, and what this course actually gets you.
Lesson 2
Hype versus calm
The calm way in, from someone who has worked in AI for five years.
Lesson 6
What we are building
A home base for the things you juggle that no single app holds together.
Lesson 9
The safety habit
Ask before big changes, explain in plain words, keep it simple.
Lesson 10
Prompting is clear thinking
A good prompt is what you want, one limit, and what done looks like.
Lesson 11
What made that a good prompt
The three parts of a prompt that works.
Lesson 12
Prompting is a conversation
If an answer is full of jargon, ask for it again in plain English.
Lesson 13
Two moves that help
Have it ask you questions, and show it an example instead of describing one.
Lesson 20
Ask what changed
The habit that keeps you in control of everything the AI does.
Before we make a GitHub save point, please summarize what changed in plain English.
Tell me:
- what files exist now;
- what each file is for;
- what I should check;
- what might still be unclear;
- a good GitHub save point message.
Do not make more changes yet.
Lesson 22
See it running
Opening the page you built in your own browser.
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