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AI for the Curious.

A plain-English tour of every major AI tool. What they actually do. Where they fail. Which one to try first based on your real work — not what some YouTube guy says.

No jargon. No hype. No "AI will replace your job by Tuesday." Just the map you wish someone had handed you.

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Real talk

You've read 100 AI takes. You still don't know what to actually do.

Everyone has an opinion. Nobody has a map. The articles are too technical, too breathless, or too vague to actually decide which tool to try first.

This guide skips all of that. Inside 30 minutes you'll know exactly which tool fits your work and where to start. That's it. That's the whole job.

What's inside

Everything you need to make one good decision.

01

The 4 tools that matter

Claude, ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini. Who builds them. What they're for. Where they fail. Plain English.

02

Which one fits your work

Real scenarios — write a difficult email, research a regulation, build a small tool — mapped to the right tool.

03

What every plan costs

Free tiers, Pro tiers, Business plans. What you get for each. Where the free tier is plenty.

04

The privacy reality

What companies do with what you type. What never to paste. Which plan you need if client data is involved.

05

Your first prompts

Five prompts you can actually run today. Not theory — copy, paste, run. See it work.

06

Which guide to read next

Mapped by your role: Claude for Business Owners, ChatGPT for Authors, Cursor for Non-Coders, GEO for Business Owners, and more.

Real prompt from inside the guide

You'll run something like this in the first 10 minutes.

Try this in Claude or ChatGPT
I run a [type of business]. My main customers are [who].
This week I need to [a real task you've been putting off].

Please:
1. Ask me 3 clarifying questions before you draft anything.
2. Then produce a first draft I can edit in 10 minutes.
3. Flag anything you had to assume so I can correct it.

Tone: [professional, warm, direct — pick one].

That single prompt structure beats 90% of "please write me an email" prompts. The free guide explains why and gives you four more like it.

Who it's for

People who have actual work to do.

Business owners, marketers, writers, clinicians, consultants, founders, students, curious humans. Anyone who'd rather make one good decision than chase every new tool.

If you've been waiting for permission to start, this is it. The cost is one email address. The payoff is clarity in 30 minutes.

Who it's not for

AI experts. Theorists. Sceptics looking to argue.

If you already know your way around four LLMs and you can recite their context windows, you'll find this elementary. Skip ahead to the paid guides.

If you think AI is fundamentally a fad, that's fine — but you won't enjoy this. We don't argue the case. We assume you're past that.

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