Chapter 1: The AI Landscape in Plain English — Rachel Holt

In this chapter

The Main Players: A No-Jargon Overview
How to Think About Choosing
What AI Is Not
Your First 15 Minutes With AI

Tools mentioned in this chapter

ChatGPT

AI assistant by OpenAI

Claude

AI assistant by Anthropic

Google Gemini

AI assistant by Google

Microsoft Copilot

AI built into Microsoft 365

Perplexity

AI-powered search with citations

Prompts to use

Click any prompt to expand it, then copy and paste directly into your AI tool. Replace the bracketed placeholders with your specifics.

I'm a [your profession] and I'm new to AI tools. What are three specific things you could help me with in my daily work?

I need help with [describe your main work task]. Compare how ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini would each approach this. Which would you recommend and why?

I work as [profession] and my three most time-consuming recurring tasks are [list them]. Which one would benefit most from AI assistance? Give me a specific way to start using AI on that task today.

What are three things you're genuinely not good at or likely to get wrong? I want to know your limitations before I rely on you for work.

Can't find the right prompt?

Ask your AI tool to write one for you:

"I need to [describe your goal in one sentence]. Write me a clear, specific prompt I can use to get the best possible result from an AI assistant."

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