Novice means you can follow it without already knowing how these tools work. Intermediate means it helps if you have used a chat tool for a few weeks. Novice-Intermediate sits between the two.
What we follow
These are the ones we actually watch and listen to. We will change the list when that changes.
YouTube
Alex Finn
He builds apps and tools with AI without being a coder. He calls that vibe coding, and he also covers AI news. The videos are hands-on and they move fast. He promotes a paid course, Vibe Coding Academy.
Nate Herk
Step-by-step videos on getting AI to do a real job: automations, agents, n8n and Claude Code, explained for people who do not write code. He runs a paid community, AI Automation Society.
Podcasts
Lex Fridman Podcast
Long-form interviews, often two to four hours, with AI researchers, founders and other guests. A wide-ranging conversation. This is not a business-only show, and it is not a list of tips.
The AI Daily Brief
Nathaniel Whittemore’s daily briefing on AI news and what it might mean. Much shorter than an interview show. Episodes often include sponsors, and the show says so.
The AI in Business Podcast
From Emerj, created by Daniel Faggella. Interviews with people at large companies about AI projects they have run, and what came back. Many episodes are sponsored, and the show says so.
AI Chat
Jaeden Schafer’s short daily rundown of the main AI news. Easy to keep up with in a gap in the day.
AI Hustle: Make Money with AI
Jaeden Schafer and Jamie McCauley, in short episodes, on side businesses and on using AI in a small business. If the hosts mention earnings, that is their claim. We have not checked it, and this site does not promise an income.
AI Applied
Jaeden Schafer and Conor Grennan on what the week’s tools and news mean for someone using AI at work. Conor Grennan teaches this, and you can hear that in the episodes.
Also worth your time
Easier places to start if you want one video, one course or a newsletter, rather than a daily feed.
Videos to start with
But what is a neural network?
3Blue1Brown. A clear picture of how a neural network learns. The second link is the follow-up on transformers, the method behind tools such as ChatGPT.
Intro to Large Language Models
Andrej Karpathy, one of the people who built this kind of tool. How ChatGPT-style tools work, told calmly and with less jargon than most talks at this depth. It went up in 2023, and it is still a clear explainer.
Jeff Su
Short videos on using AI, and Google and Microsoft tools, to get office work done faster.
Kevin Stratvert
Patient, click-by-click tutorials, including Copilot and ChatGPT. A good fit if work has given you Microsoft’s tools and you want to see each click.
A podcast to start with
The Artificial Intelligence Show
Paul Roetzer and Mike Kaput, weekly, on what the AI news means for a business and a career, in everyday language. They also sell courses, through AI Academy.
Free courses
Elements of AI
From the University of Helsinki. A free, self-paced introduction to what AI is and what it is not. It is not tied to one company.
Google AI Essentials
A short beginner course on writing prompts and using AI carefully at work. The certificate route is paid, through Coursera.
Newsletters and news
One Useful Thing
Ethan Mollick, who teaches at Wharton, writes essays on using AI at work. He shows the evidence he is using. Free to read.
The Rundown AI
A daily email of AI news and tools, written to be a quick read. Free, with ads and a paid tier.
IEEE Spectrum: AI
AI news from IEEE Spectrum. IEEE is a worldwide engineering body, so this is not one country’s news service. Some articles expect you to want the technical detail.
MIT Technology Review: AI
Reported pieces on where AI is heading. Slower than a daily email. Some articles are behind a paywall.
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