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Lesson 5 of 5 · 6 min read · Beginner

Prepare for a meeting, then learn something new

Walk into a difficult conversation with three questions and your two strongest points ready, then use the same tool as a patient tutor for a five-minute first lesson in anything.

In this lesson you will

  • Turn a situation into a short brief you can carry into a meeting
  • Get a first lesson in a new skill pitched at a total beginner
  • Decide, for all ten wins, which ones justify a paid plan for you

The last two wins are about you rather than your documents. Preparing for a meeting is the AI as a sparring partner — it helps you think, and you keep the judgement. Learning something new is the AI as a tutor who never sighs when you ask the same thing twice.

Win 9: prepare for a meeting

Give the situation, your position, and what you want out of it. Ask for a small fixed set of things — three questions, two points, one opening line. A fixed set stops the model producing a page of generic advice and gives you something you can hold in your head.

Try it

A rent-increase conversation

Three free runs a day on the site key. Add your own key for unlimited runs.
  • Did it work? It used your facts — the oven, the three years, the $500 comparison — rather than generic negotiation tips. The opening sentence should be something you would actually say out loud.
  • Do not use it for: the law. If it tells you what a landlord is or is not allowed to do, that is a claim about your local tenancy rules, and it may be wrong or out of date. Check the official tenancy authority page for where you live.

Win 10: learn something new

Ask for a first lesson, not a course. Five minutes, a handful of items, one trick for remembering them. You can always ask for lesson two.

Try it

A five-minute first Spanish lesson

Three free runs a day on the site key. Add your own key for unlimited runs.
  • Did it work? Eight phrases, each with a pronunciation guide, and "Hola" among them. Say three of them out loud — that is the lesson.
  • Then: tomorrow, start a new chat with *"Test me on eight beginner Spanish phrases, one at a time, and correct me."* The model is a better quiz-master than teacher, because you do the work.
All ten wins, and where the free tier stops being enough. Most people are firmly in the left column.
WinFree tierPaying adds
1. Rewrite an emailFineNothing
2. Summarise somethingFine for short textRoom for long documents
3. Explain a conceptFineStronger models on genuinely hard material
4. Brainstorm ideasFineNothing
5. Notes into a documentFineNothing
6. Compare options you supplyFineBrowsing, if you want it to find the facts
7. Create a planFineNothing
8. Analyse a fileFine for pasted rowsUploads, bigger files, real calculation
9. Prepare for a meetingFineNothing
10. Learn something newFineVoice mode, more daily messages

Knowledge check

Looking at the table, someone who mostly does wins 1, 4, 5, 7 and 9 asks whether to pay $20 a month. What is the honest answer?

Lesson FAQ

Can AI help me negotiate?

It can help you prepare — organising your facts, suggesting questions, drafting an opening line. It cannot tell you what the law says where you live with any reliability, so check the official tenancy or consumer page for that part.

Is AI a good way to learn a language?

It is a good way to start and a good way to practise, because it is patient and available. Pair it with a real course or speaker for pronunciation and for anything it cannot hear you say. Paid voice modes help with that gap.

Which of the ten things is worth paying for?

For most people, none of them individually. Paying starts to make sense when you do several every day, work with long documents or big files, or want browsing and voice. If that is not you yet, stay on free and revisit when you hit a limit.

What should I do next?

Pick the two wins you will actually use this week and do them with your own text. Then take [How to Know When AI Is Wrong](/tutorials/how-to-know-when-ai-is-wrong), because the next thing you will need is the habit of checking.

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