A 60-minute session: about 45 minutes of talk and live demos, then questions. Practical tools people can use the next morning. No jargon, nothing to buy.
Everyone gets the free toolkit (the QR code) and a two-page handout (PDF). The format flexes: a 30-minute breakout, a 60-minute seminar, or a hands-on workshop.
AI 101
Use AI to learn, create, build, and work better.
Adam Gurskiadamgurski-creative.com
The four assistants people meet at work. ChatGPT is the all-rounder; GPT-6 “Astra” has been OpenAI’s top model since Sept 3, with Sol and Luna for speed, and free ChatGPT runs GPT-5.6 Luna. Claude is the careful writer: Sonnet 5.5 (Sept 28) is the everyday model, strongest at documents, slides, and spreadsheets; Opus 5.5 and Fable 5.1 take the harder jobs. Gemini is built into Google: 3.6 Flash for everyone, Gemini 3.8 Flash on Google AI Pro and Ultra. Microsoft Copilot lives inside Word, Excel, Outlook, and Teams.
There’s no single best one: pick the one that fits the job, the tools you already use, and your data rules. Other names you’ll hear: Grok 4.7, DeepSeek V4.1, Qwen 3.8, Meta’s Muse Spark 1.3. The full list, checked 2026-09-29, is in the toolkit.
Pick the right assistant
ChatGPT
The all-rounder
GPT-6 Astra
Claude
The writer
Sonnet 5.5 · Opus 5.5
Gemini
Built into Google
Gemini 3.8 Flash
Copilot
Inside Office
Microsoft 365
All four have a free way to start.
How to ask for what you actually want: Role, Task, Context, Format. A vague ask gets a guess; a full brief gets usable work.
Live, I run one on a task from the audience and check the answer out loud: dates, prices, promises, length. The arrows step through six ready-made examples, and clicking a letter lights up that part of the prompt.
Turn a vague ask into a brief
AI gives better answers when you hand it your own material: notes, files, examples, limits. Gemini Notebook (formerly NotebookLM) is the safest place to practice. It answers only from the sources you add, and every answer points back to the passage it came from. Free: up to 50 sources per notebook.
Live, I add a couple of public sources, ask a question, click a citation, and start an audio overview.
AI gets better with your stuff.
Gemini Notebook“Based on your sources, here are the three best options.”
Free · cites every answer · notebook.google
Match the tool to the job. A chat for quick one-offs. A project (ChatGPT or Claude Projects, Gemini Gems) keeps your files and instructions for ongoing work. Google is replacing Gems with skills on a staggered schedule: personal accounts starting November 2026, Workspace business, enterprise and nonprofit accounts in March 2027, and education accounts in June 2027. An agent (Claude, which absorbed Cowork in September 2026, ChatGPT Work, Copilot Autopilot in private preview) works in your files with tools, checks its work, and comes back for your OK.
My rule: nothing gets sent, published, bought, or deleted on an agent’s say-so. Web pages and emails can carry hidden instructions aimed at your AI, so give an agent what you’d give a new hire. A short video on context and memory.
Chat, project, or agent?
ProjectsGems (becoming skills)ClaudeWorkAutopilotI close with one dare: hand one 10-minute chore to AI this week. Pick a task, add your own material, brief it, check it.
Then questions, usually 15 minutes or more. People leave with the toolkit and my contact page. No sales pitch. Email: adam@adamgurski-creative.com
Hand AI one chore this week.
- Pick a task
- Add your stuff
- Brief it
- Check it
Questions?