AI Foundations, done by hand
What do you want to do?
On-page practice needs no provider account. Choose a task, read its prerequisite, and start with the supplied cases.
The tool-agnostic base for knowledge workers: how a chat AI actually works, how to frame work it can nail, how to verify what you cannot check yourself, and when to keep it out. Every module is a bench of instruments you operate, then a field exercise for your own assistant.
Three belts, one habit: calibrated trust
White belt builds the mental model and the verification reflex. Brown puts AI to work on real documents, numbers and data. Black designs workflows and keeps your judgment sharp. Explore in any order; the belt states below say what you have actually done.
- 01Map What AI Can and Cannot Dowhite belt
- 02Frame a Task So AI Can Nail Itwhite belt
- 03Build the Verification Habitwhite belt
- 04Pack the Contextbrown belt
- 05Decide What to Delegatebrown belt
- 06Verify What You Cannot Personally Checkbrown belt
- 07Handle Company Data Safelybrown belt
- 08Iterate Like an Editorbrown belt
- 09Put AI to Work on Documentsbrown belt
- 10Build Your Prompt Playbookbrown belt
- 11Use AI With Numbers, Carefullybrown belt
- 12Design an AI-Assisted Workflowblack belt
- 13Keep Your Judgment Sharpblack belt
- 14Diagnose and Fix Bad Outputblack belt
- 15Work Responsibly and Stay Currentblack belt
Curriculum Record
Every published source this curriculum cites: 29 distinct references, counted from the curriculum brief and from the prompts themselves. Prompts that quote one carry a source line; the rest are marked unsourced author prompts.
- 01Attachment I (Accessible PDF) (dol.gov)dol.gov
- 02Understanding AI Literacy | Teaching Commonsteachingcommons.stanford.edu
- 03Generative AI Literacy: Twelve Defining Competenciesarxiv.org
- 0410494820.2025.2514372 (tandfonline.com)tandfonline.com
- 05ai hallucinations (pwc.com)pwc.com
- 06What Are AI Hallucinations? | IBMibm.com
- 07Understanding the Risks AI Hallucinations Create for Businessesnatlawreview.com
- 08Be Careful What You Tell Your AI Chatbot | Stanford HAIhai.stanford.edu
- 09AI Prompting Mistakes that Risk Company Datasosafe-awareness.com
- 10"AI Literacy: The New Workplace Skill Every Organization Needs"resources.rework.com
- 11Reference for: Frame a Task for AI Successopenai.com
- 12The Do’s and Don’ts of Using Artificial Intelligence Responsibly and Safely | NCDITit.nc.gov
- 13AI Best Practices: Safe, Effective AI for Professionalsacademy.techpresso.co
- 14Newsletter : The Practical AI Co.practicalaico.ai
- 15Intelligent AI Delegation at Work: Getting More from Human-AI Collaborationinnovativehumancapital.com
- 16AI At Work: Delegation, Oversight, And Human Judgment | G2 Researchresearch-hub.g2.com
- 17Workplace AI: The Simple Rules Everyone Must Learn - NH Business Reviewnhbr.com
- 18Safety tips for ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and more | Subvoltssubvolts.com
- 19Learn AI & Automation for Business | AGMMagmm.co.uk
- 20Safety tips for using AI at work | Microsoft Supportsupport.microsoft.com
- 21AI Data Security in the Workplace: Best Practices for Employees | Microsoftmicrosoft.com
- 22How to Use AI Tools Safely at Work | Employee Guide24hourtek.com
- 23Before You Hit Enter: 5 AI Usage Tips to Protect Your Datafirmspace.com
- 24Reference for: Run Your Two-Week Pilotperplexity.ai
- 25AI Communityskool.com
- 26Free AI Guides. Learn AI With Mariahlearnaiwithmariah.com
- 27AI Cyber Safety: Practical Steps for Safe AI Use | MAINmainms.org
- 28AI Tutorials : practical, 5-minute lessons | AfterWork Bytesapp.afterworkstartup.com
- 29Responsible AI Use in the Workplace | Grow with Googlegrow.google
The 5-minute AI briefing with receipts.
The courses teach the tools. The morning email covers what changed: five AI stories, each figure with its source. Free, one email a day.