Hero Page Intro: Welcome / chapter opener. Big type, soft glow, tiny progress meter.
P01 · Stage 1 · Explorer
Welcome to The PLAIBOOK
You used ChatGPT a few times and have no idea what just happened. This is the playbook.
Myth vs Reality: Two-column tear-down. Red wash on left, cyan wash on right.
What you think
- × It thinks
- × It knows things
- × It remembers you
- × It's always right
What it is
- ✓ It predicts text
- ✓ It pattern-matches
- ✓ It forgets everything
- ✓ It hallucinates
Autocomplete Steps: 4-step vertical visual explainer with growing scale.
Same mechanism. Bigger scope.
I'm running late
The dog chased the ball across the yard.
Dear Sarah, thanks for sending over the proposal. I reviewed it last night and have a few thoughts I'd like to share before our meeting.
Help me launch a business → [full back-and-forth, plans, edits, follow-ups, all from the same prediction loop]
Every step is the same trick: guess what comes next. The only thing that grows is how much it can guess at once.
Temperature Dial: Slider users actually drag. Output blurb changes from safe → wild.
What it is
Temperature is a setting that decides how creative or boring an AI's answer will be.
Why this even exists
When AI writes, it doesn't pick whole sentences. It picks one word at a time. For every next word, it has a list of guesses ranked by how likely they are. The safest guess is always at the top.
But what if you don't want safe? What if you're writing a poem, brainstorming product names, or want a fresh take? Temperature lets you tell the AI: “don't just take the obvious word — surprise me.”
Watch it work — we're freezing time on ONE word
Heads up: the AI is going to do this again for every single word it writes. We're zooming in on just one moment so you can actually see what it's doing under the hood. In real life, this whole process repeats hundreds of times to produce one paragraph — way too fast to watch.
Imagine the AI has written this much so far. Right now it's picking the very next word →
“The cat sat on the mat …”
(After this word is locked in, the AI will run the same picker again for the next word, then the next, then the next — until it's done.)
Temperature
ICE COLD · 0.00
Here are the words the AI was considering, ranked by likelihood. The dial decides how far down the list it's allowed to look:
At 0.0 (Ice cold): AI is only allowed to pick the #1 most likely word. “Mat” wins every time. Boring, but predictable — and predictable is what you want for facts and code.
When to use which setting
Use LOW (0.0–0.3) for
- · Math, code, factual answers
- · Customer service replies
- · Anything where being “wrong but creative” is bad
Use DEFAULT (0.5–0.8) for
- · Most everyday writing
- · Emails, summaries, explanations
- · When you don't know what to pick — start here
Use HIGH (0.9–1.2) for
- · Brainstorming names, ideas, headlines
- · Creative writing, poetry, marketing copy
- · When you want fresh angles instead of obvious ones
Use WILD (1.3+) for
- · Experiments only
- · When you want chaos to spark an idea
- · Expect broken sentences sometimes
Remember this
Most chat tools (ChatGPT, Claude) hide the temperature dial — but it's set around 0.7 by default. When you start using the API or developer tools, this slider is one of the first things you'll see. Now you know what it does.
Hallucination Quiz: Three answers, one is fake. Click reveals correct + XP toast.
Which one is hallucinated?
Goldfish Diagram: Animated bubbles drifting away. Pure metaphor visual.
Each chat starts from zero
Platform Persistence Grid: Sortable feature matrix with check / x marks.
| Feature | ChatGPT | Claude | Gemini |
|---|---|---|---|
| Custom Instructions | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Memory across chats | ✓ | ✓ | × |
| Project workspaces | × | ✓ | × |
| File persistence | ✓ | ✓ | × |
Context Window Desk: Draggable papers metaphor. Shows what falls off the edges.
Your AI's desk
← falls off the edge
Prompt Levels: Five tiers stacked like floors of a building.
Before / After Prompt: Bad prompt struck through. Good prompt with output preview.
Before
Help me with marketing.
After
I run a dog grooming shop in Austin. Give me 5 Instagram post ideas to attract new customers this summer. Casual tone, under 100 chars each.
Tool Showdown: Honest grid: ChatGPT vs Claude vs Gemini, traffic-light cells.
ChatGPT
$20/mo
Context: 128k
Best at: Ecosystem
Claude
$20/mo
Context: 200k
Best at: Writing & code
Gemini
$20/mo
Context: 1M
Best at: Long docs
Pricing Tier: ROI breakdown with hourly-rate calculator vibe.
ROI Math
$20/mo pays for itself in...
$25/hr
48 min
$75/hr
16 min
$200/hr
6 min
Stage Progress: Horizontal rank tracker — Explorer → Earner with XP.
Mastery Bar: One bar fills as you finish pages. Tiers unlock as you cross each marker. Click to add a point.
Current tier
Driver
Mastery
28/100
Explorer
Driver
Navigator
Builder
Connector
Earner
6 steps until Navigator
Commitment Card: Declaration card with signature line. Final-page energy.
P98 · Capstone
I am building...
Signed
Flashcard Flip: Click to flip. Glossary mode for the 50+ AI terms.
Drag & Drop Sorter: Sort items into 'Safe to share' vs 'Never share' columns.
Items
Safe to share
Never share
Stepper Wizard: Multi-step prompt builder. Forward / back, validation, progress dots.
Step 1
Pick a tool
Code Type-Out: Self-typing code block. Feels like AI is writing it live.
▌Token Counter: Live token counter as you type. Cost ticks up in real time.
Chars
55
Tokens
14
Cost
$0.000042
Vector Search Demo: Type a query → see keyword vs semantic results split-screen.
Keyword search
How to make a paper airplane
Make money online: 5 ideas
Vector search
Best AI side hustles 2025
Pricing your freelance services
Passive income with prompts
Decision Tree: Interactive branching choices. Click yes/no through to a recommendation.
Are users mostly viewing or inputting?
Animated Stat Counter: Numbers that count up on scroll-into-view.
0
Builders
0
Prompts run
0
Total XP
Streak Calendar: 30-day plan tracker. Heatmap-style daily check-ins.
11-day streak
30-day plan
Radar Chart: Pure SVG radar showing your skill across the 6 stages.
Accordion FAQ: Expand/collapse cards for the troubleshooting page.
Toast Notification: XP earned, badge unlocked, level up — slide-in toast.
Tabbed Walkthrough: Platform-specific instructions. Tab between ChatGPT / Claude / Gemini.
Reveal Cards: Click each card to flip from 'myth' to 'reality'. Track count.
Revealed 0 / 4
Comparison Slider: Drag the divider — left side AI image, right side human design.
Annotated Screenshot: Numbered hotspots on a UI screenshot. Hover for callouts.
Confetti Complete: Page-completion celebration. Hit the button.
Prompt Builder: Fill the variables, watch the prompt assemble live below.
Assembled prompt
You are a senior copywriter. Write Instagram captions for Gen Z skincare buyers. Keep the tone playful.
Leaderboard: Community leaderboard mock. Your row highlighted.