Pick your first tool
| If you mostly... | Start with |
|---|---|
| Write things — emails, listings, posts, pages | Claude |
| Want the most familiar, widest-used option | ChatGPT |
| Already live inside Gmail, Docs, and Sheets all day | Gemini |
| Need answers with sources you can click and check | Perplexity |
| Genuinely can't decide | Claude — it's the gentlest place to build the habit, and it's what Level 1 covers first |
Whichever you pick, you're not locked in. Most people who use AI seriously end up trying at least two before settling — and the skills from Lesson 3 (context, iteration, checking) transfer completely between all of them.
- Lesson 1 — what a large language model actually does when it answers you.
- Lesson 2 — ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Perplexity: who makes each one and what they're for.
- Lesson 3 — a real first conversation, and the four-part starter prompt formula.
- Lesson 4 — why AI makes things up, and the three safety rules that never change.
That's the whole primer. You now know more about how these tools actually work than most people who've been using them for a year on autopilot — because you understand why they behave the way they do, not just which buttons to click.
This primer is deliberately broad. It won't teach you the specific prompt patterns that turn "I can use AI" into "AI saves me five hours a week." That's what Level 1 is for — and it's the same voice, the same no-hype standard, just going deeper on one tool at a time.
Ready to actually get good at this?
Level 1 picks up exactly here: Claude Basics or ChatGPT Basics, six lessons each, $9, a real prompt library, and a Claude-vs-ChatGPT verdict if you're still torn.