How to Get the Most from AI This Summer
The gap between passive AI users and power users is widening—structured summer practice may be the fastest fix.
The gap between passive AI users and power users is widening—structured summer practice may be the fastest fix.
Ethan Mollick's latest framework draws a sharp line between surface-level chatbot habits and genuinely productive agent workflows. Nathaniel Whittemore distills those lessons and pairs them with a free interactive curriculum—over 20 hands-on projects spanning context-building, first-app creation, AI-staffed microbusinesses, and agentic loops. The bet: deliberate, structured experimentation over summer months compresses the skill gap that's quietly separating effective AI practitioners from everyone else.
Action: Block two hours this week to start a project at summeradventure.ai—agentic loop exercises in particular target the skills most professionals still lack.
Ethan Mollick’s latest guide reveals the widening divide between casual chatbot use and serious work with agents. NLW breaks down his recommendations and launches AI Summer Adventure, a free choose-your-own-adventure with more than 20 hands-on projects—from building better context and your first app to creating an AI-staffed microbusiness and running agentic loops. Ethan's piece: https://www.oneusefulthing.org/p/an-opinionated-guide-to-which-ai-b22 AIDB's AI Summer Adventure: https://summeradventure.ai/
- 01Ethan Mollick's latest framework draws a sharp line between surface-level chatbot habits and genuinely productive agent workflows.
- 02Nathaniel Whittemore distills those lessons and pairs them with a free interactive curriculum—over 20 hands-on projects spanning context-building, first-app creation, AI-staffed microbusinesses, and agentic loops.
- 03The bet: deliberate, structured experimentation over summer months compresses the skill gap that's quietly separating effective AI practitioners from everyone else.