The Honesty Files

AI is genuinely useful and it confidently makes things up — both are true. Most courses skip the second part. Here it's a whole section.

This is our philosophy made concrete: AI should amplify your thinking, not replace it — and that only works if you know exactly where it fails. Everything here is free, forever. It's the most important section on the site.

Free7 lessons

1. 1Why AI makes things upIt predicts likely words. It doesn't look things up. Everything follows from that.
2. 2The 2-source ruleAny fact you'll act on gets confirmed somewhere AI didn't write.
3. 3What AI can't knowYour life, this morning's news, and whether it's right — the built-in blind spots.
4. 4What not to pasteThe postcard rule: if you wouldn't write it on a postcard, don't paste it in a chat.
5. 5Spotting AI fakesImages, videos, voices, and scam texts — the tells, and the mindset that outlasts them.
6. 6When a human is non-negotiableThe bright lines: diagnosis, legal advice, big money, crisis. AI preps you for the professional. It never replaces them.
7. 7Using AI without losing your edgeThe quiet risk nobody covers: skill atrophy and rubber-stamping.