Module 1: How to Think With AI
The organizing idea is that context is king. Because an AI system's output is set by the context it is given, the first thing to internalize is that the quality of what you get out depends on the material you put in.
Session structure
The 30-minute peer share is protected in every module, because peer exchange, not formal instruction, is where the learning compounds.
Get oriented, and grade your elements
A focused prompt for your Chief of Staff Companion Project. Confirms your setup, walks the five-Element grading and your first capture, and creates your Build Plan.
Start building ->The materials
Pre-work
What to have done before we meet: the program prerequisites.
Open pre-work ->Session guide
The full run of show: the three blocks, the timings, and the facilitator notes. Sign-in required.
Open guide ->Teaching slides
The 16:9 deck for display during the instruction block. Sign-in required.
Open deck ->Homework
What to bring to Module 2: your five-Element grade and the start of your context corpus.
Open homework ->Debrief
The recap and the session recording, posted after we meet, for review or in case of absence. Sign-in required.
Open debrief ->Reading
The Five Elements Spine: Personal OS Architecture Guide
The primary reading, and the map you will grade your own system against for the rest of the program.
The Shape of Meaning
How a model actually represents language. Read it ->
Two Memories, Not One
What a product remembers for you, and what you keep for yourself. Read it ->
The Two Roads of AI
Why a model predicts plausible rather than true. Read it ->