AI Flash Course

Course Summary

Welcome to your AI cheat code. You do not need to understand neural networks or complex machine learning theory to dramatically improve your daily productivity. This course is a fast, practical, and highly actionable quick-start guide designed to help you integrate artificial intelligence into your daily tasks and coding environments today.

Moving far beyond casual chatting, this course teaches you the precise frameworks needed to turn AI into a highly customised, hyper-efficient digital assistant. Whether you want to automate repetitive administrative work, analyse hours of video in seconds, draft professional communications, or even build a mobile application from scratch, this course provides the blueprints and prompts to get you there.

What You Will Learn

• Accelerate routine workflows by effectively integrating ChatGPT and Gemini into your daily tasks.

• Formulate targeted prompts using the RTF (Role, Task, Format) framework to extract accurate, high-quality responses.

• Generate and troubleshoot code efficiently using the intelligent suggestions of GitHub Copilot and VS Code.

• Design custom instructions and leverage AI memory to strictly tailor outputs to your specific personal or professional needs.

• Automate repetitive administrative and technical processes to save time and boost overall productivity.

Course Outline

Section 1: The AI Cheat Codes: We start by mastering the most critical skill: communication. You will learn how to write highly structured commands using the Modular Prompting Framework to eliminate AI hallucinations. We will also cover how to program your AI’s "Saved Memory" and set "Custom Instructions" so your tools adapt to your specific workflow without needing repetitive explanations.

Section 2: Automating the Boring Stuff: Transition from theory to practice. You will learn how to offload mental grunt work by using AI to generate instant summaries of hour-long videos or podcasts. We will also cover how to use the AI as a "Hustle Partner" to brainstorm strategies, perform professional tone checks on difficult emails, and generate creative content layouts.

Section 3: Zero to App: Put everything together in a hands-on project. Even if you are completely new to mobile development, we will use VS Code and a Flutter plugin to build a Pomodoro timer application from the ground up. You will learn how to guide the AI to write modular code, implement local storage, and debug application crashes efficiently.

Requirements

• Basic computer literacy and comfort navigating websites or using a web browser.

• An internet connection and a computer capable of running standard web browsers (Chrome, Firefox, Edge, or Safari).

• No prior experience with AI or prompt engineering is required; we will start entirely from scratch.

• A basic familiarity with code or a code editor is helpful for the GitHub Copilot section, though no deep programming knowledge is required.

Who This Course is For

• Professionals across any industry who want to streamline daily tasks, draft documents faster, and improve their overall productivity using AI chat tools.

• Team managers and technical leaders looking to quickly grasp AI capabilities so they can guide their teams toward more efficient, modern workflows.

• Software developers, hobbyists, or tech students who want a practical, immediate introduction to using GitHub Copilot for code generation without getting bogged down in complex theory.

• Complete beginners who feel overwhelmed by AI jargon and simply want a fast, practical, and approachable guide to getting started with tools like Gemini and ChatGPT.