What can AI help you with?

Knowing what AI is is not enough, you need to know what to ask of it. For example, a shop owner can ask for a product description and a student can ask for help with a hard topic. After this lesson you will have a specific task to try.

AI is most useful for tasks involving words and ideas:

• Writing: emails, posts, customer messages.
• Shortening: summarising long documents.
• Explaining: making hard things clear.
• Brainstorming: product names, article topics.
• Organising: plans and to-do lists.

Tip for your first task: pick something you do often, that takes time and that you can easily check yourself.

Step by step

1. Open ChatGPT

   On a computer or phone, open a web browser and go to chatgpt.com. You can also click "Open ChatGPT" in this lesson's prompt box.

2. Ask what AI can do for you

   Copy the sample prompt, paste it in the box, fill in your job and send.

3. Choose one task to try

   Read the list. Pick one task you do often and can check yourself. Note it down.

What did you learn?

• AI helps most with words and ideas.
• Start with small, frequent tasks that are easy to check.
• AI supports you, but the final decision is yours.