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1 Course 1 · Student Handout

AI Fluency Fundamentals

The six 201 skills that separate sustained AI adopters from the 80% who quit. No coding. No tool-building. Applied judgment.

Duration2 hr (1 break)
AudienceAll personnel
PrereqNone
0:00–0:15M1 Why 80% Quit15 min · talk
0:15–0:40M2 Six Skills25 min · talk
0:40–0:55M3 Delegation Equation15 min · talk
0:55–1:05Break10 min
1:05–1:30M4 Red Pen Review25 min · activity
1:30–1:45M5 Centaur / Cyborg15 min · activity
1:45–2:00M6 Frontier Map & Wrap15 min

Bring with youDone before you walk in

  • Laptop with one AI tool open. GenAI.mil if you have CAC; otherwise CamoGPT, ChatGPT, or Gemini. Confirm you can sign in before the session.
  • A notebook or notepad. You will sketch a workflow map and seed your frontier sticky on paper.
  • One real recurring task from your job in mind for Module 5 — something you do most weeks.
  • Cameras on, mic ready. Two cold-calls, three show-of-hands, one silent timed exercise.
  • If you’re a builder or supervisor, skim the Course 2 and Course 5 pages so you self-select the right next track.

Key termsThe vocabulary you’ll hear today

  • The six 201 skillsQuality judgment, decomposition, context-building, iterative refinement, mode-switching, frontier mapping.
  • CentaurYou design and verify; AI executes inside fixed phase boundaries.
  • CyborgContinuous back-and-forth with AI; the boundary is fluid (drafting, prototyping, exploring).
  • The frontierThe line between what AI handles well and what it doesn’t for your work — and which moves with each model release.
  • The Red Pen ReviewMark every AI claim you would not sign — facts, references, internal consistency, procedure, substance vs style.
  • The delegation equationIf you’d delegate it to a brand-new Marine, it’s an AI-shaped task.

Exercises in classWhat you will do live — and what “done” looks like

M2 · Quality Judgment (5 min). Two AI-drafted NAM citations for the same Staff Sergeant. Hands up: which one survives the awards board, A or B? Be ready to defend it before the reveal. Done: you can name why B (specific, verifiable facts) wins over A (filler adjectives).

M3 · The Delegation Equation (3 min). Pick one task you owned this week. On your notepad: who is the audience, what does done look like, what could go wrong? Decide — would you hand it to a brand-new Marine? Done: you have one yes/no with a reason.

M4 · Red Pen Review (15 min + 10 debrief). Three AI-generated documents drop into Teams chat. Ten silent minutes. Mark every claim you would not sign — references, facts, internal consistency, procedure, substance vs style. Done: 3–4 issues per doc; you can categorise each as fabricated facts, missing context, or tone mismatch.

M5 · Workflow mapping (8 min). Pick one recurring task. Sketch 3–5 subtasks. Mark each: only-me, centaur, cyborg, only-AI. Decide centaur or cyborg overall. Estimate time saved if AI handled the right subtasks. Done: one circled subtask you’ll change next week.

M6 · Frontier-map seed (5 min). Three columns on a sticky: Handles well · Handles poorly · Moving frontier. Two real examples per column. Star the failures that surprised you. Done: you can name one failure case worth sharing with your section.

Anchor phraseYou are not learning to use a tool. You are learning to manage one.

What you’ll be able to doBy the end of the session

  • Tell the difference between centaur and cyborg work, and pick the right mode for one task on your desk.
  • Run the Red Pen Review protocol on any AI output before your name goes on it.
  • Spot when a task is AI-shaped using the delegation equation.
  • Sketch a workflow map for a recurring task and call out the AI-appropriate subtasks.
  • Start a frontier sticky — what AI handles well, what it doesn’t, what’s moving.

HomeworkThree things. One week. Issued at Slide 51 — write it down.

  • Use it once for real this week. Pick one task from your M5 workflow map. Use AI on it — centaur or cyborg, your call. Bring the result, success or failure, to your section meeting.
  • Add to your frontier sticky. Two more entries: one task AI handled well, one it didn’t. We collect these for the unit map in Week 4.
  • Builders & supervisors: read the Course 2 (Builder Orientation) and Course 5 (Supervisor) course pages so you walk into next week on the right track.
  • If something blocks you (no tool access, unclear policy), email it to the program lead by EOW — we’ll resolve it before Week 2.