AXHUB LECTURE · INTRO L0

Tonight, play with AI
— work can wait until tomorrow

Time about 30 minutesWhat you need one free chatbot, a smartphone is enoughFor anyone who has never used it · anyone who wants to show their parents

If you don't have a chatbot app yet, go see the Setup guide (from install to your first hello, 15 min) first. If you have the app, let's begin — the first 30 minutes don't need to be about work. If the dinner idea is bad, eat something else; if the weekend plan falls through, no harm done. While you play with things that don't matter if they're wrong, you'll naturally build the instinct you'll need later, when you put it to work.

1Ask anything, in a full sentence (5 min)

Don't drop in keywords like a search box — ask in a sentence, the way you'd talk to a person.

And when the answer comes, ask once more. "Why?" or "make it simpler."

The moment that follow-up works, you feel in your bones how this differs from search.

Practice 1 — the exact thing you were about to search today
"How many grams of pork belly should I buy for three people? Two of them are kids who eat little."
when the answer comes → "What changes if it's frozen?"

Any topic works. The practice is turning what you were about to type into a search box into a sentence.

Check: did you get an answer and follow up with one more question?

2Hand off dinner (5 min)

Open the fridge and read out the ingredients you see, as they are.

State the conditions the way you'd tell a person — time, dishes to wash, things you dislike.

Practice 2
I have [three or four ingredients you can see] in the fridge.
Just two dinners I can make in 20 minutes. Ones with little cleanup. Skip anything spicy.
The AI usually answers something like this
"(1) Tofu and egg fry — one pan, 15 min (2) Kimchi fried rice — 10 min if you have rice. Which one appeals to you?" — it asks you to choose. The real answer varies a little each time.

Pick one of the two, then continue with "give me the steps to make it."

Check: did you include at least one condition (time, cleanup, ingredient to avoid)?

3Let it plan your weekend, then have it fix the plan (7 min)

Planning is something AI does well. But the odds the first draft is exactly right are low.

Here's today's key skill — don't throw it away, have it revise.

Practice 3 — plan it, then fix it
"I want a day trip [with whom]. Within an hour by car, budget [how much]. Give me two itineraries."

point out exactly what you don't like →
"Too much walking. Make it mostly indoors, and change lunch to somewhere the kids will like."
The AI usually answers something like this
"Course A: morning science museum (indoors) → lunch on kalguksu alley → afternoon lookout / Course B: …" — it lays it out like a timetable. Ask it to fix something and it changes just that part and re-plans.

"Just this part, like this" works far better than "do it again." It's the same when you put it to work.

Check: instead of taking the first answer as-is, did you have it fix at least one spot?

4Take a photo and ask (8 min)

You can have a conversation without typing. Upload a photo and one line is enough.

An unknown potted plant, a wine label, assembly instructions, a receipt — your home is full of material.

Practice 4 — three shots around the house
Photo of a plant → "What's this plant called? How often do I water it?"
Photo of a notice or manual → "Just tell me the part I have to do"
Photo of a receipt → "Pick out only the food items and total them"

A good line to hold: don't upload photos with faces, ID cards, or card numbers in them.

Check: how many of the three shots gave a usable answer (it doesn't have to be all)?

5Just play (5 min)

Spend the last 5 minutes with nothing to show for it. Oddly, this time sticks with you the most.

Practice 5 — any three
"Write an acrostic poem from my dog's name. In three versions."
"Let's play twenty questions. You think of something."
"Draft a toast for my father's 70th birthday. Be sure to include one line bragging about the grandkids."

If it's funny, it worked. If it's awkward, ask for "shorter" or "more playful."

Check: over the 30 minutes, was there even one moment of "huh, that's kind of neat"?

When it doesn't work

It tells a plausible lieIt really does. It'll recommend a restaurant that doesn't exist, or make up opening hours. No problem for play, but for answers involving money, schedules, or health, build the habit from today of checking against the original or an official source.
The answer is dull and genericThat's because you gave no conditions. Add "with whom, on what budget, what you dislike" and the answer changes completely. If it's still dull, tighten it with "more specific" or "half the budget."
I don't know what to askWhat you searched today, a question in the family group chat, a notice you couldn't be bothered to read. Don't invent a new question — bring one you already had.

Got the feel? Tomorrow, one task → L1. Start with one task you repeated today — the first 30 minutes · Full contents

This lecture cites no figures — the practice prompts are all example lines to follow along. For safety judgments about plants and food, or answers about contracts and health, use them only for fun and check with a professional and the original. Same topic in card form: AXHub card No.15 (start with life, not work).