Literacy on-ramp
The AI Tool Landscape, Decoded
FoundationalModule 104 reps, about 16 min total
ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and a dozen others all claim to do everything, which is exactly why people freeze. I give you a guided tour of the real landscape and a simple map of which tool fits which job. No overwhelm, and no need to try all of them.
What you will be able to do
- What each major model family is actually good at
- How to pick a tool for a given task instead of guessing
- Free versus paid, and when the paid tier is worth it
- A personal starter stack you can commit to
- 01Why you froze
The paralysis is a rational response to a badly-posed question, and reposing it fixes most of it.
About 4 min
- 02A map that does not go stale
The four job shapes that actually differentiate the tools, underneath all the version numbers.
About 4 min
- 03Free tier, paid tier, and where the money goes
When the paid tier is genuinely worth it, and the three costs nobody puts on the pricing page.
About 4 min
- 04Commit to a starter stack
Picking a default you will actually stick with, and the review date that keeps it from calcifying.
About 4 min