Session 3 · Phase 1, The Foundations
AI for Everyday Life
Your profile plus one line gives you a letter. But you only send it after you have read it.
Saturday, October 3, 2026 · French 10:00 · English 11:00, Dallas time · 16:00 and 17:00 in Kinshasa · Zoom
Just arriving? No problem. The Session 2 profile takes ten minutes, and this page shows you the rest.
Could not make it live? Watch the video in your language below, do the homework, and join us next Saturday. October 31 is the last day to join and still earn the certificate.
Register for the seriesWhat you take away
By the end of this class, you know how to…
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Write a real letter in one request your profile, the facts with exact dates, the shape, and the sentence that matters: invent nothing.
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Change the tone with one line firmer, less cold, shorter, without touching the facts.
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Read it before you send it and ask the AI what it added that you never told it.
The live demo
Mutu's letter to his landlord
Mutu Mosi, 34, a cook in Bandal, Kinshasa. Since the rain of September 19, the roof has been leaking over his son's room. He told the landlord in person on the 21st, then by text on the 28th. Nobody came. Angel pasted his profile into Gemini, then one request: the facts, the dates, one page, "do not cite any law, do not invent any information".
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Too polite
The first letter was right, but so polite it could be set aside. One line: "Firmer. Ask for the repair to be done before Friday, October 9, and say that I am keeping a copy of this letter."
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Too cold
The firm version read almost like a legal warning, sent to a landlord who may not renew the lease. One more line: "A bit too cold. Keep it firm, but mention that we have been tenants for three years and have always paid the rent on time."
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Firm, and still respectful
The same facts, the same dates, and a tone Mutu can sign. Three requests in all, and Angel's lesson: with a profile that says more about how he speaks, one would have been enough.
What the AI added on its own
Correction, October 5. We first wrote here that Gemini invented the line about handing the letter over in person. Watching the video again, that was wrong: Angel's request asked for a letter to hand over in person. We had not checked the source. What Gemini really added: “the heavy rain”, where Mutu wrote “the rain”, and a compliment to the landlord about his care for good work, which Mutu never said. AI does not lie: it predicts, and it fills gaps with the same confidence as a fact. That is why we read it. Us too.
Your turn
Take the letter you keep putting off. Your profile, the facts with the dates, one line for the shape. Then, before you read it, ask: "What did you add that I did not tell you?"
The five prompts, with copy buttonsBefore you practise
Three things to have at hand
If you are watching the video instead of the live class, get these ready first.
Your profile
No profile yet? The Session 2 page shows you how to write it and save it in your assistant, in ten minutes.
A real letter in mind
To a landlord, a school, an employer, an office. Write down the facts and exact dates, not the text: the AI writes the text.
A new chat
Any assistant: ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Copilot or Grok. Everything we teach works the same way.
The Session 3 pages
Everything for Session 3, on your phone
No PDF to download. Each page opens in your browser, reads well on a phone, and prints if you prefer paper.
This week's homework · October 4 to 10
Send one real letter written with AI
Not an exercise: the letter or message you keep putting off. Your profile, the facts, one line for the shape. And before you send it, this question:
Reread your letter. Tell me everything you added that I did not tell you.
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Write it in one request, with 3.1. If the tone is off, one line is enough: 3.2.
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Ask the question above. Remove everything you never said, without touching the facts.
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Read it out loud, then send it. To go further, create a project in your assistant, as Angel showed in the English class.
The rule for official documents
Immigration, court, medical: AI is very good at helping you understand the letter you received. But the official reply, or the official translation, takes a lawyer or a certified translator.
You are the one who signs the letter.
After class
The videos
Two classes on the same Saturday, one in French and one in English, each with its highlights and the full class. The examples are not the same, so watch both if you can.
The English class, 11:00
Highlights, in English
13 minMosungi, Mutu's letter in English, never for immigration, the context window, skills and projects.
The full class, in English
43 minThe whole English class: the letter, the context window and how to compact it, skills, projects, and questions from the room.
The French class, 10:00
Highlights, in French
16 minMutu's letter, one line that changes the tone, what the AI added on its own, and Alain's and Guy's questions.
The full class, in French
60 minThe whole French class, questions included, with Blanche's story. Only the dead time was cut.
All four videos are unlisted on YouTube: anyone with the link can watch, but they do not show up in searches. Personal screens are blurred, a few unverified remarks were cut, and a correction was added on screen about the electricity used by data centres.
What was taught
Session 3 in five ideas
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A system, not a task
Asking the same thing again is using AI the hard way. With a saved profile and clear context, you never explain yourself twice. And every repetition costs tokens.
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The whole request, in one go
Your profile is lines 1 and 2. You write the facts with exact dates, the shape (language, tone, one page), and one sentence: do not cite any law, do not invent any date or fact.
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One line changes the tone
Too polite, too firm, too cold: you do not start over. One line is enough, and you remind it that the facts do not move.
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What you do not give it, it guesses
AI does not lie, it predicts. When a detail is missing, it fills the gap with the same confidence as a fact. Read it, and ask it what it added.
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Official documents stay in your hands
Immigration, court, medical: AI helps you understand. The official version takes a lawyer or a certified translator.
"It's important to pay attention and to read before accepting what your AI writes."
The sentence to keep
Your profile plus one line gives you a letter. But you only send it after you have read it.
And before you read it, one question for the AI: what did you add that I did not tell you?
Next Saturday
Session 4 · Your Research Assistant, and How to Verify It
Saturday, October 10, 2026 · French 10:00 · English 11:00, Dallas time · 16:00 and 17:00 in Kinshasa · Zoom
Asking AI to research for you, and above all checking what it finds. It follows straight on from this week: we start with what you caught when you reread.
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