Practical Understanding and Use of AI
A plain-language curriculum for using AI and large language models in everyday life — no jargon, no hype, just what actually helps.
Chapters
- Chapter 1
What AI Actually Is (and Isn't)
- Chapter 2
Talking to AI: Prompting Fundamentals
- Chapter 3
Trust but Verify
- Chapter 4
AI for Everyday Life
- Chapter 5
Writing and Documents
- Chapter 6
Spreadsheets and Everyday Data
- Chapter 7
Presentations and Visuals
- Chapter 8
Research and Learning
- Chapter 9
Privacy, Safety, and Responsible Use
- Chapter 10
Working Smarter: Skills, Reusable Prompts, and Power Habits
- Chapter 11
Search, Memory, and the Open Book (RAG)
- Chapter 12
Task Orchestration: Working With AI, Not Just Using It
- Chapter 13
Prompt Security: Protecting What You Build
- Chapter 14
Capstone: Become AI Native
Living modules
Kept current: the specifics that change fast live here, not in the chapters.
Downloads
- The Prompt Cheat Sheetdownloadable
- Prompt Hardening Sandboxdownloadable
- Spot the Sycophancy: A Study Sheetdownloadable
- Task Decomposition Worksheetdownloadable