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title: "Get started — StudioMeyer Academy"
description: "Understand AI and ask your first useful questions."
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publisher: "StudioMeyer Academy, https://studiomeyer.academy (llms.txt: https://studiomeyer.academy/llms.txt)"
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## Afterwards, you can

- No hype, no magic. What LLMs do and what they don't.

- Context, task, format. Why 80% of bad AI answers are caused by bad prompts.

- Why AI confidently lies and how to notice it.

- Not every task belongs at the AI. Where it saves time and where it slows you down.

1. Module 1 of 4 · 43 min

    ## Understand AI

    4 Lessons

    [What AI really isLesson · 10 min](https://studiomeyer.academy/en/lernwege/loslegen/ki-verstehen/01-was-ist-ai)

    [Why the AI answers differently the second timeLesson · 8 min](https://studiomeyer.academy/en/lernwege/loslegen/ki-verstehen/15-warum-die-ki-verschieden-antwortet)

    [Context and tokens, what the model seesLesson · 10 min](https://studiomeyer.academy/en/lernwege/loslegen/ki-verstehen/04-kontext-und-tokens)

    [Model landscape 2026: which AI model for whatLesson · 15 min](https://studiomeyer.academy/en/lernwege/loslegen/ki-verstehen/11-modell-landschaft-2026)

    [Afterwards: Module 2 · Ask good questions](#module-gut-fragen)

2. Module 2 of 4 · 54 min

    ## Ask good questions

    4 Lessons, 1 Deep dive

    [Prompt basics, asking properlyLesson · 10 min](https://studiomeyer.academy/en/lernwege/loslegen/gut-fragen/03-prompt-basics)

    [Few-shot prompting, giving the AI good examplesLesson · 15 min](https://studiomeyer.academy/en/lernwege/loslegen/gut-fragen/08-few-shot-prompting)

    [Chain of Thought, letting the model thinkLesson · 20 min](https://studiomeyer.academy/en/lernwege/loslegen/gut-fragen/01-chain-of-thought) [**Understanding reasoning and extended thinking**Deep dive · optional · 18 min](https://studiomeyer.academy/en/lernwege/loslegen/gut-fragen/07-reasoning-und-extended-thinking)

    [Giving images, screenshots and files to the AILesson · 9 min](https://studiomeyer.academy/en/lernwege/loslegen/gut-fragen/14-bilder-und-dateien-an-die-ki)

    [Afterwards: Module 3 · Limits and safety](#module-grenzen-und-sicherheit)

3. Module 3 of 4 · 50 min

    ## Limits and safety

    4 Lessons, 2 Deep dives

    [Spotting hallucinationsLesson · 8 min](https://studiomeyer.academy/en/lernwege/loslegen/grenzen-und-sicherheit/02-halluzinationen)

    [What the AI cannot do, however well you askLesson · 10 min](https://studiomeyer.academy/en/lernwege/loslegen/grenzen-und-sicherheit/16-was-die-ki-nicht-kann) [**Sycophancy and bias, when memory becomes your own echo chamber**Deep dive · optional · 20 min](https://studiomeyer.academy/en/lernwege/loslegen/grenzen-und-sicherheit/08-sycophancy-und-bias)

    [Data protection for AI beginners: what am I even allowed to type in?Lesson · 12 min](https://studiomeyer.academy/en/lernwege/loslegen/grenzen-und-sicherheit/12-datenschutz-was-darf-ich-eingeben) [**Can AI run on my own computer?**Deep dive · optional · 12 min](https://studiomeyer.academy/en/lernwege/loslegen/grenzen-und-sicherheit/17-laeuft-ki-auf-meinem-rechner)

    [Protecting yourself from AI fraud, fake calls, phishing and bogus job offersPlaybook · 20 min](https://studiomeyer.academy/en/lernwege/loslegen/grenzen-und-sicherheit/dich-vor-ki-betrug-schuetzen)

    [Afterwards: Module 4 · Your first result](#module-erstes-ergebnis)

4. Module 4 of 4 · 8 min

    ## Your first result

    1 Lesson, 1 Playbook (optional)

    [AI in everyday work, where it pays offLesson · 8 min](https://studiomeyer.academy/en/lernwege/loslegen/erstes-ergebnis/06-ai-im-alltag)

    [From ChatGPT to Claude, guide in 10 stepsPlaybook · optional · 15 min](https://studiomeyer.academy/en/lernwege/loslegen/erstes-ergebnis/von-chatgpt-zu-claude)

    [Afterwards: Final project](#finish-lesson:1:07-capstone)

5. Final project

    ## [Capstone, your first portfolio piece](https://studiomeyer.academy/en/lernwege/loslegen/abschluss/07-capstone)

    A concrete task you can solve within Level 1. The output sits in your folder and looks professional.

    Final project · 60 min

## Where to go next

Choose where to continue. These paths build on what you have learned.

### [AI in everyday life](https://studiomeyer.academy/en/lernwege/alltag)

Use AI safely for emails, planning and everyday questions.

[View learning path](https://studiomeyer.academy/en/lernwege/alltag)

### [AI at work](https://studiomeyer.academy/en/lernwege/job)

Use AI for meetings, writing and job applications.

[View learning path](https://studiomeyer.academy/en/lernwege/job)

**For developers** · API keys, MCP and code have their own space here.

[Explore](https://studiomeyer.academy/en/lernwege/fuer-entwickler)

## Sitemap

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