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WE'RE LIVE NOW
(starting at 10AM PT | 12PM CT | 1PM ET)
Most people are still using ChatGPT the way they used Google in 2005: type a question, get an answer, close the tab. In 2026, that's like owning a professional kitchen and only using the microwave.
Right now, Grant and Corey are live walking through
The Neuron's 5-Level AI Proficiency Stack
—the framework that takes you from "I sometimes ask ChatGPT things" to "AI saves me 10+ hours a week."
We're covering both parts of the full deep dive live, answering every question you throw at us, and demoing the tools in real time.
Join us live on YouTube
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Here's what we're walking through:
The 5 Levels:
Projects
— Stop chatting in the main window. Create a project folder with custom instructions, reference docs, and memories. This is your AI's home base. Don't do any work without this set up.
Prompting
— Yes, this is Level 2, not Level 1. Simplest formula: Persona + Task + Context + Format. That's it.
Skills
— Once you've nailed a task, package that conversation into a reusable skill you can call anytime. One click saves twenty minutes of re-prompting.
(Never made a skill on ChatGPT?
Click this to start.
)
Automations
— Schedule your skills to run on their own. Set it, schedule it, forget it.
Agents
— AI that decides what to do and when. You stop assigning tasks and start assigning outcomes.
Live tool demos:
Grant will walk through
Claude Skills
and
Claude Cowork
for building skills and scheduling automations. Corey will walk through
OpenAI Codex
for the same. We'll also cover
ChatGPT Projects
,
Gemini's Opal agent
, and
Gemini Scheduled Actions
, plus whatever other questions you have!
Important:
Don’t be intimidated. No question is too basic or simple. We will show you the ropes and explain exactly how we would get started in 2026 if we were you. Come and ask your questions!
Plus:
If we have time, we’ll go
through the full Part 2 of the deep dive
—which tool to use for what, our current rankings of ChatGPT vs. Claude vs. Gemini vs. Grok for specific tasks, and the complete list of 50+ AI tools organized by use case (legal, healthcare, sales, creative, developer, finance, and more).
If you've never opened ChatGPT before, or want to move on past JUST using ChatGPT, this is the episode.
If you have but you're not getting 10 hours a week back, also this episode. If you read
the blog post
and want to see it all in action with live Q&A, definitely this episode.
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More From The Neuron…
Four recent interviews you'll definitely want to check out (pick whatever looks interesting to you and dive in!):
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and
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also: watch us on their podcast!
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Apple Podcasts
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ChatGPT
,
Claude
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Copilot
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YouTube
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Spotify
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Apple Podcasts
4. Want to learn to code (or teach someone who does)? Watch: How to Actually Learn to Code in 2026

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, raised $23M, then watched AI agents start shipping production code overnight. He joins us to rethink programming education from scratch: where beginners should start (not with syntax), his viral 3-file system for building with AI agents (5,000+ GitHub stars), and why "vibe coding" gets you a prototype but not a product.
YouTube
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Spotify
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Apple Podcasts
5: Building AI products without writing code? Watch: Dan Shipper's Framework for Agent-Native Engineering

Dan Shipper
, CEO of
Every
, vibe coded a document editor that went viral, launched
Plus One
(one-click hosted
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in
Slack
) live on our show, and explained why his 25-person team's secret is the "pirate and architect" model. Plus: his claw "R2C2" handles his bugs, writes YouTube headlines, and modifies itself.
Watch:
YouTube
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