Lesson 1: The “Second Brain” – What AI Actually “Knows” (And Why It Lies)

There is a dangerous misconception that ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini are “search engines” like Google. They are not.

We start with the most critical lesson of all: Understanding what you are actually talking to.

The “Autocomplete” Reality

There is a dangerous misconception that ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini are “search engines” like Google. They are not. If you ask Google a question, it retrieves a document that exists. If you ask an AI a question, it generates an answer f…