You've heard AI will take your job, destroy the planet, and start thinking like us. Some of that's true. Most of it isn't. Start the guided walk-through — ten short stations, about fifteen minutes — and you'll walk out with a real mental model and three small questions that make you good at using any AI tool.
Each station is about 90 seconds. One concept. One interaction. Leave any time — it remembers where you are.
What AI is. What it's doing. Watch it be confidently wrong.
Three small questions that make you good at using any AI. Forever.
Build a prompt for a task you've been avoiding. Paste into ChatGPT.
Jobs, privacy, misinformation, energy, kids. Honest takes with practical handles.
One real thing to try tonight. Printable. Shareable.
Finished the journey and want more? These pages are the long version. Skim-friendly, linkable, searchable.
The core skill in full depth, with a bigger prompt builder and bonus habits.
Eight copy-paste-ready example prompts for real tasks — medical bills, difficult emails, leases, homework, news.
What AI is doing to kids' thinking, what it's doing to yours, and "did you try first?" in full.
Honest answers to the loud worries — jobs, energy, privacy, deepfakes. No doom, no hype.
Every factual claim on this site, linked to its primary source. Trust but verify.
Most people learn about AI from cable news, social media, or a salesperson. Those aren't teaching you — they're selling you. Either fear, or a subscription.
This site is different. It's built by someone who's worked in technology for 30 years and trains professional teams to use AI well. It's honest about the real worries and equally honest about the fact that if you learn to use it thoughtfully, it's one of the most useful tools you've had access to in your lifetime.
No sign-up. No paywall. No chatbot that asks what brought you here today.
If you run a library, community center, nonprofit, senior center, place of worship, or any group where people would benefit from an honest hour on AI — I'll come run one. Free. In-person preferred, remote if that's what works. You provide a room; I bring everything else.