Student
Learn faster without letting it think for you.
Used well, AI is the patient tutor who never gets tired of the same question. It will explain a thing a fourth way, quiz you, and tell you where your essay loses the reader. Used badly, it writes the essay, you learn nothing, and it gets caught more often than you would think.
The line is simple. It can help you understand, and it can help you improve what you wrote. It should not produce the thing you hand in. Check your school's rules; they are all different right now.
What do you want help with?
Each one is a real thing, done in about the time it says, with the prompt written for you.
Your tools
4, not forty. Each one is here for a reason.
ChatGPT
free planExplanations, practice questions, feedback on a draft. The free plan is plenty.
Open ChatGPT ↗Perplexity
free planA search that shows its sources, so you cite the source and not the AI.
Open Perplexity ↗NotebookLM
free planUpload your notes and readings, ask questions, get a spoken summary for the bus.
Open NotebookLM ↗Claude
free planPaste a long reading and ask it to argue against you. Better with long text.
Open Claude ↗Watch out for
- •Handing in something the AI wrote is the same as handing in something a friend wrote. Know your school's rule and follow it.
- •It is confident when it is wrong. For anything with a date, a number or a name, check a real source.
- •Do not paste other people's work or personal details into it.