Beginner Basics

New to AI? Start here. Plain-English guides that take you from your first chat to using AI with confidence, with no technical background needed.

Start here: What AI can do today · ChatGPT vs Claude vs Gemini · AI terms explained · The complete guide to prompting

About Beginner Basics

These guides assume you’ve never used an AI tool, or tried once and weren’t impressed. You’ll learn what tools like ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini are good at, where they go wrong, and how to ask for what you actually want.

Most guides include copy-paste prompts, and the main AI tools all have free plans, so you can follow along without paying for anything. Once the basics feel easy, the Prompting guides show you how to get sharper answers, and AI for Work shows how to use them in your job.

Not sure where to begin? Read what AI can actually do today, pick one of the free tools, and try it on a single real task this week. That’s enough to see where it helps you and where it doesn’t.

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