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Learn AI Basics: Become a Maverick

Three stages, from “I’m just beginning” to “Make me a Maverick”. Learn at your own pace, pass three short tests, and walk away with a verified certificate you can add to LinkedIn.

$25 one-off, incl. GST. No subscription.

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What you get for $25

  • 15 short lessons across three stages, in plain English
  • A verified certificate with its own page, QR code and “Add to LinkedIn”
  • Fresh questions every attempt, so you learn it rather than memorise it
  • Lifetime access, and the course is updated every month as AI changes
  • Stage badges and points as you go
  • Taught in Claude, and the ideas work in any AI
  • Your own pace, on your phone or computer

What’s inside

Each stage unlocks the next. Pass a stage by getting 5 of 6 right; fail and try again straight away with new questions.

  1. Stage 1 Β· I'm just beginning

    Myth Busting

    What AI really is, what it isn't, and Brad's straight take on safety, security and "is AI going to end the world?"

    1. What is generative AI?
    2. Myth: AI knows things and is always right
    3. Myth: AI is coming for your job
    4. Safety, security and "is AI going to end the world?"
    5. Free vs paid: what you actually get

    Pass to earn: Myth Buster

  2. Stage 2 Β· I want to learn more

    Meet Your Ultimate Intern

    Set up your AI and learn to use it: the six prompt techniques, your first artefact, and Brad's 10/80/10 rule.

    1. Set it up like a new starter
    2. The six prompt techniques
    3. Hand Claude a real task
    4. Create your first artefact
    5. Brad's 10/80/10 rule

    Pass to earn: Intern Wrangler

  3. Stage 3 Β· Make me a Maverick

    AI Fluency

    Work with AI as your thinking partner, using the 4Ds: Delegation, Description, Discernment and Diligence.

    1. From tool to thinking partner
    2. Delegation: what should AI do?
    3. Description: say what you want
    4. Discernment: judge what comes back
    5. Diligence: own the result

    Pass to earn: Certified Maverick

Last updated: October 2026. Brad’s advice reflects the AI available when written: the principles stay the same, the specifics may change.

Stop guessing. Become a Maverick.

$25, about the price of two coffees, to go from “I’m just beginning” to certified.