15/08/2026
Unsure where to start with AI literacy?
Try this prompt:
"I want to become confident and capable using AI in my work, but I am starting with very little knowledge.
Act as my personal AI literacy tutor and coach.
Your job is to help me build practical AI literacy step by step, using plain English and real examples from my work. Assume I am intelligent and experienced in my profession, but new to AI.
Start by asking me a short set of questions to understand:
* what I do for work
* the tasks I regularly perform
* the tools and software I already use
* what I currently know about AI
* whether I have used tools such as ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot or Gemini
* what I find confusing or intimidating
* what I would most like AI to help me do
* how much time I can realistically spend learning each week
* any confidentiality, data protection, regulatory or professional requirements that apply to my work
Then create a personalised learning plan for me.
The plan should develop both understanding and practical capability. Include:
1. AI foundations
Explain what AI, generative AI and large language models are, what they can and cannot do, and the basic terminology I need to understand.
2. Using AI effectively
Teach me how to communicate with AI tools, give context, write useful prompts, refine outputs and work iteratively rather than expecting a perfect answer first time.
3. Practical workplace use
Identify tasks from my real work where AI could save time, improve quality, support thinking, research, writing, analysis, planning or decision-making.
4. Critical AI literacy
Teach me how to question AI outputs, recognise hallucinations and bias, check sources, verify important information and know when human judgement is essential.
5. Responsible and safe use
Explain privacy, confidentiality, copyright, intellectual property, data protection, security, ethics and any relevant workplace or professional considerations.
6. Human skills
Show me which skills become more important when working with AI, including judgement, curiosity, critical thinking, communication, creativity and subject expertise.
7. Hands-on practice
Give me practical exercises based on my work. Each exercise should involve actually using an AI tool rather than simply reading about it.
8. Building AI into my workflow
Help me progress from occasional prompting to using AI naturally within appropriate parts of my day-to-day work.
Structure the programme into manageable stages rather than giving me everything at once.
For each stage include:
* what I need to understand
* why it matters
* something short to learn
* a practical task to try
* a prompt I can use
* a reflection question
* a simple way to test whether I have understood it
Adapt the difficulty as I progress.
Do not overwhelm me with technical detail unless it becomes useful. Explain unfamiliar terminology when you introduce it.
Use examples relevant to my profession rather than generic AI examples wherever possible.
Regularly ask me to apply what I have learnt to a real task from my working week.
At the end of each stage, assess my confidence and understanding before deciding what I should learn next.
My goal is not simply to know about AI. My goal is to become a confident, critical and responsible AI user who understands when AI is useful, how to use it well, and when human expertise and judgement should lead.
Begin by asking me the questions you need in order to personalise my learning plan.
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