Learn AI Curriculum Cookbook

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What AI assistants are, in 3 minutes

The shortest possible intro. No jargon.

An AI assistant is software that takes a request in plain language and gives you something back — text, code, an answer, a working webpage. You type what you want; it types back. That's the entire user interface.

Today there are many assistants — ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Cursor, Devin, v0, and dozens more. Underneath, they're powered by large language models (LLMs) from companies like OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta, Mistral, DeepSeek. The product you open just decides the shape of the interaction.

Chat
ChatGPT · Claude · Gemini
Coding CLI
Cursor · Claude Code · Codex
Cloud agents
Devin · Cowork · OpenHands
Visual UI
v0 · Lovable · Bolt
Self-hosted
Hermes · OpenClaw · aider

Try it

This is an imitation of a chat-style assistant. Drive it like any of the real ones.

Claude New chat

What can I help with?

This is a faithful imitation. Click a suggestion or type your own message.

One thing to know. Every assistant can sound confident and still be wrong. Treat the output as a first draft, not a final answer — especially for facts, numbers, and code.