Tier 0 · The Path
AI Basics
You’ve heard the noise. AI will change everything, AI is overhyped, AI will take your job, AI is a toy. This tier cuts through all of it — and gets you to your first useful result in days, not months.
Who this tier is for
You’ve never used AI, or you’ve only poked at it once or twice. No technical background needed. If you can write a text message, you have every skill required to start.
You’ve never used AI, or you’ve only poked at it once or twice. No technical background needed. If you can write a text message, you have every skill required to start.
By the end of this tier
You’ll know what AI actually is (and isn’t), have accounts on the tools that matter, and — this is the part people remember — you’ll have used AI to solve one real problem in your own life. That solved problem is your first artifact. Every legend in our archive has one.
The lessons
What AI Actually Is (No Jargon, Promise)
An assistant that has read most of the internet — brilliant, fast, and occasionally confidently wrong. What that means for how you should treat it.
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An assistant that has read most of the internet — brilliant, fast, and occasionally confidently wrong. What that means for how you should treat it.
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The Grand Tour: ChatGPT, Claude & Gemini
How to sign up, what’s free, how they differ, and which one to start with (spoiler: it matters less than you think).
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How to sign up, what’s free, how they differ, and which one to start with (spoiler: it matters less than you think).
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Your First 10 Useful Conversations
Ten things you can ask AI to do today that save real time: drafting messages, planning, summarizing, explaining, deciding.
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Ten things you can ask AI to do today that save real time: drafting messages, planning, summarizing, explaining, deciding.
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Myths vs. Reality (Including the Lying Problem)
AI isn’t conscious, but it also isn’t always right. How hallucination works, and the simple habit that protects you from it.
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AI isn’t conscious, but it also isn’t always right. How hallucination works, and the simple habit that protects you from it.
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What Never to Paste Into AI
Passwords, private documents, other people’s data. The five-minute safety briefing that makes everything else worry-free.
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Passwords, private documents, other people’s data. The five-minute safety briefing that makes everything else worry-free.
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✶ Your Tier 0 Quest
Pick one real problem from your week — a difficult email, a trip to plan, a document too long to read, a decision you keep postponing. Solve it with AI, start to finish.
When it’s done, you’ve graduated. Most people finish this tier in 1–3 days.
Pick one real problem from your week — a difficult email, a trip to plan, a document too long to read, a decision you keep postponing. Solve it with AI, start to finish.
When it’s done, you’ve graduated. Most people finish this tier in 1–3 days.