Managed by Mav
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.
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?"
- What is generative AI?
- Myth: AI knows things and is always right
- Myth: AI is coming for your job
- Safety, security and "is AI going to end the world?"
- Free vs paid: what you actually get
Pass to earn: Myth Buster
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.
- Set it up like a new starter
- The six prompt techniques
- Hand Claude a real task
- Create your first artefact
- Brad's 10/80/10 rule
Pass to earn: Intern Wrangler
Stage 3 Β· Make me a Maverick
AI Fluency
Work with AI as your thinking partner, using the 4Ds: Delegation, Description, Discernment and Diligence.
- From tool to thinking partner
- Delegation: what should AI do?
- Description: say what you want
- Discernment: judge what comes back
- 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.