How to start using AI today:

(even if you are not technical)

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✦ Level 1: Set up your AI

1. Pick one AI tool (my go-to is Claude)

2. Stop using blank chats. Create a Project instead.

3. Turn on Extended Thinking for better answers.

4. Paste one sentence describing what you do.

5. My full setup guide: ruben.substack.com/p/ho…

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✦ Level 2: Make your first ugly draft

1. Open your to-do list right now

2. Pick the first task. Idea dump in AI as the 1st draft

3. Read what comes back. Don't judge it

4. Edit it yourself - AI did 80%, you do 20%

5. Copy my prompts: ruben.substack.com/p/yo…

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✦ Level 3: Build 3 Real Things

1. Draft an email you've been avoiding

2. Summarize a doc you don't have time to read

3. Ask AI to build a plan for your next project

4. Save the prompts that worked

5. Copy my exact workflow: ruben.substack.com/p/sl…

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✦ Level 4: Ship Something & Get Feedback

1. Take your best AI draft and show it to someone

2. Don't ask for permission. Show the finished thing

3. Ask them: "What would you change?"

4. Feed the feedback into AI for an improved version

5. To get better with AI: ruben.substack.com/p/sl…

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I wrote a full guide on how to use AI the right way.

Access it here: ruben.substack.com/p/sl…