Step 1
Build a foundation
Start with Andrew Ng’s non-technical overview of what AI can and can’t do.
Beginner · Learning path
Use AI productively
Integrate AI into your daily work — no coding required.
At a glance
- Who it’s for: Professionals, students and curious beginners who want to get real work done with AI tools rather than build them.
- You’ll be able to: You will be able to pick the right AI tool for a task, prompt it well, and fold it into your everyday workflow with confidence — and know where AI still gets things wrong.
- Time: ~20 hrs · Steps: 5 · Cost: Free
The fastest, most useful place to start. This path skips the math and the model internals and focuses on the one thing that pays off immediately: using today’s AI assistants well. You’ll build a mental model of what these tools can and can’t do, learn to write prompts that get usable answers on the first try, and settle on a small toolkit you actually keep using.
The path
5 steps · all resources free to start
Step 2
Learn the workplace tools
Google’s practical course on using generative AI at work — prompting, productivity and responsible use.
Step 3
Master prompting
Work through a structured, example-driven guide to writing prompts that actually work.
Step 4
Pick one or two tools
Go deep on a couple rather than dabbling in ten. Claude, ChatGPT and Perplexity each have a sweet spot.
Step 5
Stay current
A weekly skim keeps your toolkit fresh without the firehose. The Batch is a good anchor — and so is our briefing.
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