In Lesson 1 you learned what the tech is and tried it once. This lesson is about the moment it stopped being a lab curiosity and became something anyone with a browser could use — November 2022, when ChatGPT landed.
Before that month, AI chat was a toy or a trade secret. After it, the floodgates were off their hinges. I was on it from the UK release day, so this is part history and part what I actually watched happen on my own screen.
By the end (~7 minutes)
- A before-and-after picture of everyday life and work.
- Why ChatGPT hit so differently from Siri, Alexa, and the old chatbots.
- The growth numbers that explain both the panic and the gold rush.
- Who else piled in (names only — the full product tours come later in Ground Zero, in Lessons 9 and 10).
Continue when you're ready.