Free course

Learn to use AI well.

64 short lessons that take you from opening ChatGPT for the first time to using AI to study maths and science, prepare for a job, and stay safe. Written in plain English. Free for everyone. No sign-up, no fee, no advertisement.

64 lessons 9 hours of reading Works on any phone Nothing to buy

Start with lesson 1

Who this course is for

This is for you if

  • You have passed class 8 and can read simple English.
  • You have a smartphone, or you can use a shared one.
  • You have never used ChatGPT, or you have tried it and it did not help much.
  • You want to study better, find work, or start something small.

You do not need

  • A computer. A phone is enough for almost every lesson.
  • Money. Every tool taught here has a free way to use it.
  • Good English. Short, simple sentences are used throughout.
  • A teacher. Each lesson tells you exactly what to try.

In a hurry? Pick your path

The full course is the best way. But if you need one thing quickly, read these lessons in this order and come back for the rest later.

I am studying for an exam

School, board exam, or a government exam like SSC, Railway or UP Police.

  1. Which AI app should you use first
  2. How to ask so you get a useful answer
  3. The answer machine trap
  4. Making AI your maths teacher
  5. Why it gets sums wrong
  6. Preparing for a government exam
  7. When using AI is cheating

I am looking for work

You want a job, or you want to earn something on your own.

  1. Which AI app should you use first
  2. How to ask so you get a useful answer
  3. Writing a resume that is true
  4. Applications and formal letters
  5. Practising for an interview
  6. Earning online, honestly
  7. Better English in ten minutes a day

I want to be safe first

You have heard about AI scams and fake videos, and you want to protect your family.

  1. What you must never type into an AI
  2. What happens to what you type
  3. AI scams and how they work
  4. Spotting fake pictures, voices and videos
  5. Fake AI apps and copied websites
  6. Safety for girls and young women

I just want to understand it

You keep hearing about AI and want to know what it actually is and how it works.

  1. What is generative AI, explained in plain words
  2. It is guessing the next word
  3. How an AI model is trained, in three plain steps
  4. Common myths about AI: four wrong ideas
  5. Where your question actually goes
  6. How much electricity and water does AI use?
  7. How fast AI is changing, and what it means for you

The full course

Module 3

What is really happening inside

Understand what the machine is actually doing. Once you know this, nothing it does will surprise you, and you will stop expecting things it cannot do.

  1. 14 It is guessing the next word See what an AI app is really doing: cutting your words into small pieces, then guessing the next piece again and again until an answer appears. 10 min
  2. 15 How an AI model is trained, in three plain steps Learn the three stages that make an AI model, why it has a cut-off date, and why nothing you type in a chat ever teaches it. 10 min
  3. 16 Why AI forgets what you said: the context window Find out why an AI chat forgets what you told it earlier, what fills up its working memory, and three habits that keep your details in view. 8 min
  4. 17 Why the same question gives different answers Ask an AI the same thing twice and you get two answers. Learn why that happens, and how to turn it into a one minute check on any fact. 7 min
  5. 18 What thinking mode really does Thinking mode makes the app write rough work before it answers. Learn when that is worth your time and data, and when it is a waste. 8 min
  6. 19 Does ChatGPT search the internet? How AI uses tools Find out when an AI app is really online, what happens when it searches, why an open link is not proof, and how it reads the photo you send. 9 min
  7. 20 Common myths about AI: four wrong ideas Four beliefs about AI that lead people into real mistakes, with the plain correction for each and a line you can repeat at home. 8 min

Module 5

Learning with AI

Use AI as a patient teacher for maths, physics, chemistry, computers and English, in a way that makes you stronger rather than weaker.

  1. 27 The answer machine trap A school study found that answer-giving AI raised practice marks and lowered exam marks. Learn the tutor contract that stops it happening to you. 9 min
  2. 28 Making AI your maths teacher Set up an AI maths tutor that asks you questions instead of handing over answers, checks your own working, and sets practice sums. 10 min
  3. 29 Why it gets sums wrong AI can reach medal level at a world maths olympiad and still add two long numbers wrong. Learn why, and how to keep a wrong number out of your work. 9 min
  4. 30 Seven ways to check a maths answer Seven checks you can run on any maths answer by yourself, with no app and no teacher, so a wrong answer never reaches your exam paper. 9 min
  5. 31 Practice that actually raises your marks A maths practice routine for SSC, Railway, banking and board exams: hidden answers, a mistake diary, timed sets and one thirty day plan you follow. 10 min
  6. 32 Learning physics with AI Use AI for physics concepts and numericals with units shown at every step, and learn the four places where its physics answers quietly go wrong. 10 min
  7. 33 Learning chemistry with AI Balance equations with a table you can count, check an IUPAC name with a round trip, and get a mechanism explained one step at a time. 10 min
  8. 34 Diagrams: it describes, you draw Learn why an AI-made science diagram quietly costs you marks, and how to get it described in words so you can draw the figure yourself. 7 min
  9. 35 Learning computers and new skills A fifteen day spreadsheet plan, the exact words to send when you are stuck, and an honest look at learning to code with no money. 10 min
  10. 36 Better English in ten minutes a day Get your English sentences corrected with the reason in Hindi, practise speaking where nobody hears you, and build a ten-minute daily habit. 9 min

Module 6

Work, money and daily life

Use AI for job applications, interviews, government forms, exams, farming, a small shop, and helping your family.

  1. 37 Writing a resume that is true Make a true one page resume with AI when you have no office job, stop it inventing a diploma, and keep only the lines you can defend. 10 min
  2. 38 Applications and formal letters Write a job application, a leave letter, an office letter or a complaint with AI, get it in English and Hindi, and check it properly before you send it. 9 min
  3. 39 Practising for an interview Run a real mock interview on your phone, one question at a time, and practise your answers out loud before you sit in front of anyone. 9 min
  4. 40 Understanding schemes, forms and offices AI can turn a hard government notice into plain words and good questions. Here is what to ask it, and what only the office can tell you. 10 min
  5. 41 Preparing for a government exam Use AI as a study partner for SSC, Railway, police and banking exams, and take your syllabus and dates from the official notification only. 8 min
  6. 42 Farming questions it can and cannot answer AI has no live weather, no soil test and no mandi price. Learn the farming questions it answers well, and the ones that need a real expert. 9 min
  7. 43 For a shop or a small business Use AI for the text work of a shop: customer messages, offer wording, product descriptions, and a record book you keep in your own hand. 9 min
  8. 44 Earning online, honestly The truth about earning money online with AI: what has got harder, the two rules that catch almost every scam, and what really pays near you. 9 min
  9. 45 Helping your family with AI Use AI to help a younger sibling learn, read the family letter nobody understands, and show a doubting parent why the phone is in your hand. 9 min

Module 7

Staying safe

Protect your privacy, your money and your family from AI scams, and know when using AI is the wrong choice.

  1. 46 What you must never type into an AI One short list of things that must never go into an AI app, plus a simple way to get help with a form without giving away your real numbers. 8 min
  2. 47 What happens to what you type Your chat leaves your phone and sits on a company's computers. Learn who can read it, what the training switch does, and what deleting really removes. 9 min
  3. 48 AI scams and how they work Learn how copied voices, fake officer calls and deepfake money ads work in India, and the two defences that cost you nothing. 9 min
  4. 49 Spotting fake pictures, voices and videos Counting fingers stopped working. Learn the source checks that still catch fake pictures, voices and videos before you forward them to anyone. 9 min
  5. 50 Fake AI apps and copied websites Check who made an app, what it wants to see, and whether a web address is really what it claims, before you install it or pay for it. 8 min
  6. 51 Safety for girls and young women Stay safer on a phone that is not yours: cut the risk of photo misuse, leave no trail after use, and report without giving your name. 9 min
  7. 52 When using AI is cheating Where the line sits between help and cheating in school and at work, why AI detectors get it wrong, and how to protect your own work. 9 min
  8. 53 When AI is the wrong thing to use Four situations where an AI answer can cost you money, your health or your case, and how to know when a real person is safer. 8 min

How to actually finish this course

  1. Read one lesson a day. Not five in one day and then none for a month.
  2. Do the practice task at the end. Reading without trying teaches nothing.
  3. Keep the same chat app open while you read, and try each example yourself.
  4. When something does not work, that is normal. Lesson by lesson you will learn why.
  5. Teach one thing to one other person. You will remember it twice as well.

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