Day 15: Learning something new — LearnAI

Today's idea

Does AI only get jobs done for you, or can it teach you something new too? (tap to see)

It can teach too. You can use AI like a patient teacher. It can explain any subject at your own pace, in your own language, as many times as you need.

A learner goes one step at a time, at their own pace: earlier steps done, the next one waiting

A teacher at school or college teaches many students at once, so it's hard to give each one separate time. Now imagine a teacher who is there only for you. You can ask the same question ten times and they never get annoyed, and they keep explaining more simply until you understand. AI is a lot like that: a teacher of your very own.

This is useful for people of every age and every kind of work. A student can understand a hard chapter. An office worker can learn a new skill. Someone at home can pick up a new cooking or gardening trick. And any curiosity that has been sitting in your mind, whether it's history, science, religion or how money works, can be settled.

A few things help when you're learning. Tell the AI your level: "Assume I know nothing about this." Ask it to go step by step, without rushing. Ask for one simple, familiar example at each step. And to check that you've really understood, ask the AI to quiz you with a few questions.

Try it yourself Time: 3 minutes

1.Open the Gemini or ChatGPT app.
2.Think of a subject you're curious about but never understood properly, for example how interest is calculated, or how a plant makes its food. Type something like this:

Replace each part inside square brackets [ ] with your own details.

Please explain [topic name] to me from the very beginning, in simple words, step by step. Assume I know nothing about this yet. Give one easy example at each step.
3.After reading the answer, ask again about any part that isn't clear: "Please explain this part more simply" or "Give me another example."

Do it together Time: 5 minutes

With anyone — a child, a parent, a friend or a colleague.

Ask the person you're doing this with about a subject they're curious about but have never learned. Use AI together to understand it, and at the end ask AI to quiz you with a few questions, to see whether you've really understood.

We did this together

Today's key point

When you use AI as a patient teacher, you can learn any subject at your own pace, at any age.

Check yourself

Two quick questions from today's lesson.

1. What's a good thing to do when you want to use AI as a teacher?

Correct answer: Tell it your level, and ask it to explain step by step with examples — If you say clearly what level you're at and what kind of explanation you need, AI can teach much better.

2. What should you do if you don't understand some part?

Correct answer: Ask AI again, and ask it to make it simpler or give another example — If you ask AI again, it can explain in a different way, even more simply.