Day 28: Building your own habit — LearnAI

Today's idea

Once this course is over, will you keep using AI regularly on your own, or do you need a rule? (tap to see)

It won't keep going by itself without a rule. To hold on to something new you've learned, you need a small routine that you build to suit yourself — that's what turns it into a real habit.

A few small steps, coming round again and again — that's a habit that lasts day after day

Going to the gym once and learning an exercise doesn't make you fit. You need regular practice. Using AI is much the same — what you've learned over the last few weeks will only stick once it becomes a routine.

A good habit has three parts. First — when to use it. You don't need to drag AI into everything. It's great when you need a simple explanation, a draft or an idea. Second — when not to use it. Where personal information is at risk, where an expert's final opinion is needed, or where learning by trying it yourself is the whole point — handing the entire job to AI isn't right. Third — how to use it. Ask clear questions, check the answers, and handle personal information with care — remember these three every time.

Put these three together and you can make your own rule — for example: "For any tricky paper or decision that comes up in the week, I'll get a first idea from AI, but I'll check once before the final decision." For some people this rule is daily, for others once or twice a week. What matters is building a routine that fits your own life, and sticking with it.

Try it yourself Time: 3 minutes

1.Open the Gemini or ChatGPT app.
2.Think back over everything you've learned with AI in the last few weeks.
3.Ask it like this, to get help making your own rule for using AI:

I want to use AI in my daily life, but I don't want to depend on it too much. I'd like a simple rule or routine. Please make three simple rules for me — when I'll use it, when I won't, and how I'll check.
4.Read the answer, then write two or three lines in your own words — this will be your own rule.

Do it together Time: 5 minutes

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

Read your rule aloud to the person you're doing this with. Then help them make a rule of their own. Together, decide to sit down again after a while and see whether the rule is working.

We did this together

Today's key point

You only get the real benefit from AI when these three — when to use it, when not to, and how to check — become a rule of your own.

Check yourself

Two quick questions from today's lesson.

1. What should a good habit for using AI include?

Correct answer: Being clear on when I'll use it, when I won't, and how I'll check — when these three are clear, using AI is both safe and useful.

2. What's the best way to make a new habit last?

Correct answer: Make a simple routine that fits your own life and follow it regularly — a small routine that fits you, followed regularly, turns into a real habit.