Your First Text with AI

Write your first text with AI — no preparation needed. No prior knowledge required, no right or wrong. Just try it.

Why We Start with an Experiment

Before we talk about techniques, strategies, or rules, you should have your own experience first. Not because theory is unimportant — but because your own observations are more valuable than any explanation.

Imagine learning to ride a bicycle. Someone could explain the physics of balance for hours — but only when you sit on the seat and start pedaling do you truly understand. It's the same with AI: you need to experience it yourself before the explanations make sense.

Your Task

Open an AI text tool of your choice. If you don't know any yet — here are three free options:

• ChatGPT (chat.openai.com) — the best-known chatbot
• Claude (claude.ai) — great for longer, thoughtful texts
• Gemini (gemini.google.com) — Google's AI, directly in your browser

Sign up quickly (email is enough) and write a message to the AI. For example:

Write me a short article about my hometown. I'm from [your city]. The article should sound like I'm telling a friend who's never been there.

Or, if something else comes to mind — write that instead. There truly are no rules here.

What to Observe

As you read what the AI wrote, pay attention to your gut feeling:

• Surprise: Where did the AI write something you like — perhaps even better phrased than you could have done yourself?
• Discomfort: Where does something feel off? Maybe a fact that sounds wrong. Or a phrasing that's too smooth. Or a detail that was obviously made up.
• Voice: Does the text sound like you? Or does it sound like a generic article from the internet?

Note your three strongest impressions — they are the material for the next lesson.

A Thought to Take Away

Some people google "prompt engineering" before their first attempt with AI, watch YouTube tutorials, and write down formulas. That's like studying a Michelin-star cookbook before your first time cooking.

Instead, today we simply cook. The reflection comes after.