Beyond Chat: Understanding and Working with AI
An introductory session for non-technical users on responsible AI use, clear communication, context management, preserving knowledge and reusable procedures, taught through examples and demonstrations.
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What you learn
Understand how to give clear instructions, check results, preserve useful information between sessions, and use a vault, skills and current sources when working with AI.
Curriculum
12 chapters
- 1
AI Adoption
What the gap in AI use between Romania and the EU tells us, and why learning to use these tools matters.
- 2
Responsible AI Use
Where the name AI came from, and how the drill analogy explains the tool and the user's responsibility.
- 3
Clear Communication with AI
How to give a clear task, mark changes and correct the result without contradictory instructions.
- 4
Context Management
The context window, signal and noise, context degradation, and what a summary can lose.
- 5
Knowledge Preservation and Reuse
Save checked results as you work and continue in a fresh session with the relevant information.
- 6
AI Usage and Costs
Token usage, subscription levels and the difference between chat and API access, explained through a car's fuel.
- 7
AI Personalisation
Preparing background information and standing instructions, with detailed guidance loaded when needed.
- 8
Knowledge Organisation
Organising Markdown files, contents pages and shortcuts to load relevant context and preserve progress across sessions.
- 9
Vault Navigation
Navigating vault files and links, with information loaded when needed.
- 10
Skill Creation
Turning a procedure into a reusable skill and checking a first example.
- 11
Tool Integration
Using existing tools and skills for Obsidian and document conversion.
- 12
Live Information Retrieval
Retrieving current information from a chosen source through a reusable skill, with optional vault saving.