Start here

1. Start Here: Your First Five Minutes with AI

Open an AI assistant and get your first useful result.

Estimated time: 5 minutes. Last reviewed: 5 August 2026.

Try it

Open www.chat.com. Find the message box and ask the assistant to explain something you already understand.

If you cannot think of a subject, ask: Explain why we have seasons.

When it replies, say:

Make that shorter and give me one example.

If you get stuck

You may be asked to sign in or create an account, and the service may work differently in different places. If you cannot reach the message box, use the General AI Assistants Tool Card to find another way to continue.

Checkpoint

You can describe one useful thing the assistant did and one reason you would still use your own judgement.

About this course

Confident with AI was created by Charli-Jo Tyrer in association with the Technology Association of Visually Impaired People (TAVIP).

Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.