AI Essentials: Your First Week with AI is our free first class. It’s designed for complete beginners: if you can send a message on your phone, you can do this class. Here’s what happens inside.
Your mission
When you open the class, you’ll see your mission: have your first real conversations with AI. You’ll learn what AI can and can’t do, how to ask for what you want, and what to keep private. The whole class takes about 35 minutes, and you can pause at any time.
The six steps
| Step | What you do |
|---|---|
| 1. What AI can (and can’t) do | Learn what an AI assistant is in plain words, then play Myth or Fact. |
| 2. Your first conversation | Try three real tasks in a free AI assistant: rewrite a rude message, plan dinner and get a simple explanation. |
| 3. Ask better, get better | Learn a simple 4-part formula for better answers, then build a better prompt yourself. |
| 4. When AI gets it wrong | Spot made-up facts, outdated information and bias, and learn a 3-second check. |
| 5. Stay safe | Know what never to share with AI, and set up simple privacy habits. |
| 6. Quiz and your 7-day plan | Pass a short quiz, then get a 7-day plan to make AI part of your week. |
You learn by doing
Most steps include a quest: copy a ready-made prompt, send it to any free AI assistant (ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude or Microsoft Copilot all work), and paste the answer back. You’ll see for yourself how useful AI can be, and how to keep the conversation going until the answer is just right.
Ready for your first conversation with AI?
AI Essentials is free and takes about 35 minutes.
Points, stars and your certificate
Each step you pass earns points, and every challenge gives you up to three stars. Do well and you might find a mystery box with bonus points. Pass every step and the quiz, and your certificate is ready, with your name, the date and its own ID, plus a button to add it to LinkedIn.
After the class
Small steps beat big plans. Your 7-day AI starter plan gives you one 5-minute AI task a day, so the habit sticks after the class ends.