What is AI, in plain English
A plain-English explanation of what people mean by AI, what a chat tool actually does, and what it is bad at.
Guides
Guides to get you started
Start with what AI is, or with how to write a prompt that gets a useful answer.
How to write a good prompt
A simple way to ask an AI chat tool for a useful draft, with a pattern you can reuse and examples of weak and stronger prompts.
How to fact-check an AI answer
A five-minute routine for checking what ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or Grok tells you, so a confident mistake does not end up in your email, homework or business.
How to summarize a long document or PDF with AI
How to get a useful summary of a contract, report, manual or school packet from ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini, what each app's upload limits are, and how to check the summary before you rely on it.
How to use AI to write an email you'd actually send
How to get a good email draft out of ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini in Gmail or Copilot in Outlook, what to tell the tool so it sounds like you, and the checks to run before you hit send.
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