Students keep asking me where to start with AI.
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Students keep asking me where to start with AI.
Pick 5 of these. Do them this week.
You'll be ahead of 99% of people
→ Clone Karpathy's autoresearch repo & run it
→ Replicate a $10K website with Opus
→ Build a personal OS with Obsidian + Claude
→ Run an open source model locally
→ Experiment w/ Qwen 3.5, GLM-4.7, Llama 3.2
→ Build an AI brain w/ NotebookLM, Notion + AI
→ Build a RAG pipeline from scratch
→ Read Anthropic's guide on Skills for Claude
→ Learn proper UI component terminology
→ Learn Claude Code
→ Learn Cursor
→ Set up OpenClaw
→ Set up Claude Cowork (plug-ins, skills)
→ Set up Perplexity Computer
→ Build an AI agent with Chatbase
→ Learn what MCP is and build an MCP server
→ Vibe code and deploy a full project.
→ Chatbots ≠ AI agents. Undertand why.
→ Learn function calling, tool use, and APIs
→ Automate a real business workflow with AI
→ Learn n8n & Zapier for no-code automation
→ Become a better prompt engineer
→ Learn Vercel's AI SDK
→ Read Pragmatic Engineer's AI tooling survey
→ Research a PhD-level topic w/ Perplexity Max
→ Use Gemini 3.1, Nano Banana 2, & Veo 3.2
→ Create a 3D world w/ Google Project Genie
→ Play with Figma & Remotion MCPs
→ Stop overthinking and start building
The list goes on. SOOOO much to do.
*hint* if you don't know what one of these mean, that's okay...ask AI ;)
Message me if you need help ❤️
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- Sammy taking a selfie with a group of friends in an open office, one holding a microphone.
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