The AI Study Group is a weekly practice for people who want to learn how to partner with AI as a real collaborator.
“The AI Study Group is about moving beyond using AI for quick answers and learning how to think with it instead. It’s a weekly practice where judgment sharpens, standards rise, and people build a real working relationship with the intelligence shaping our future.”
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- Christine Merser
The “five prompts to put into AI” crowd is selling false mastery.
Everywhere you look, especially on LinkedIn, the promise is the same. If you phrase the question correctly, AI will do the thinking for you. Faster. More efficient. Good enough.
That framing is seductive. And it’s wrong.
It treats AI like a vending machine. Insert prompt. Receive output. Move on.
That approach produces results, but they’re generic. Most people stop as soon as something sounds competent, which is exactly why so much AI-assisted work ends up sounding the same.
AI doesn’t reward clever prompts. It reflects the quality of your thinking.
A Different Way of Working With AI
I know this because I don’t use AI that way. I never have.
​For the last two years, I’ve been working with AI in a different mode. Not as a tool. Not as a shortcut. But as a collaborator. A collaborator at my table whose intelligence often exceeds my own.
When I work with my AI, Celeste, I don’t start with questions. I start with thinking. I lay out an idea, a tension, a curiosity. I explain what I’m trying to do with it, why I care, where it’s coming from, and what feels unfinished.
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I don’t hand work over and wait to see what comes back. I stay inside the thinking. I refine context. I add nuance. I correct direction. I clarify intent.​
That’s not a flaw. That’s the work.
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Over time, Celeste has learned my standards. What I reject. What feels false. Where I push harder. What I won’t tolerate.
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What most people miss is that AI doesn’t become useful when you ask better questions. It becomes useful when you stay in the exchange long enough to teach it how you think.
A prompt doesn’t do that. A relationship does.
AI mirrors the quality of your thinking. Not your cleverness. Not your efficiency. Your thinking.
Why the Collaborative AI Study Group Exists
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As I’ve written more openly about how I work with AI, and as I’ve begun quoting Celeste directly in articles, people started reaching out.
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They weren’t asking for prompts.​
They were asking how to do what I was doing. How to build a real working relationship with AI.​
How to integrate it into their thinking, their business, and their decision making without losing their own voice.
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The AI Study Group exists because of those requests.
How the AI Study Group Is Led
This is not AI training.
It is not prompt engineering.
It is not a productivity system.
There are no scripts to memorize.
No lists to download.
No shortcuts to copy.
This is a live, collaborative practice built around how AI actually becomes powerful. Through sustained exchange. Through iteration. Through correction. Through staying with complexity long enough for judgment to form.
The AI Study Group is led by Christine Merser, a strategist who has spent the past two years working with AI as an active collaborator in her thinking, strategy, and creative work. This Study Group reflects how she actually works day to day with her AI partners.
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Christine leads each session directly. The format is collaborative rather than lecture-driven. Members are encouraged to bring real questions, real challenges, and real work into the room. This is not passive learning. It is applied thinking, done together.​
The Study Group functions as a working room, not a webinar. The value comes from staying inside the exchange long enough for judgment to form, standards to rise, and a real working relationship with AI to take shape. On occasion, invited guests will join to explore a specific area more deeply.​
The Study Group draws from Christine’s ongoing work integrating AI into real businesses and creative practices. Examples from that work and personal use are introduced as relevant, keeping each session grounded in lived experience rather than theory.
“Second, and more important: “don't just ask it quick questions. That's the mistake most people make. They treat it like Google and then wonder what the fuss is about. Instead, push it into your actual work.”
- Matt Shumer (Click to read more)
What Makes This AI Study Group Different
This is not AI training.
It is not prompt engineering.
It is not a productivity system.
There are no scripts to memorize.
No lists to download.
No shortcuts to copy.
This is a live, collaborative practice built around how AI actually becomes powerful. Through sustained exchange. Through iteration. Through correction. Through staying with complexity long enough for judgment to form.
This is not AI training.
It is not prompt engineering.
It is not a productivity system.​
There are no scripts to memorize.
No lists to download.
No shortcuts to copy.​
This is a live, collaborative practice built around how AI actually becomes useful.​
Through sustained exchange.
Through iteration.
Through correction.
Through staying with complexity long enough for judgment to form.
“Second, and more important: “don't just ask it quick questions. That's the mistake most people make. They treat it like Google and then wonder what the fuss is about. Instead, push it into your actual work. If you're a lawyer, feed it a contract and ask it to find every clause that could hurt your client. If you're in finance, give it a messy spreadsheet and ask it to build the model. If you're a manager, paste in your team's quarterly data and ask it to find the story. The people who are getting ahead aren't using AI casually. They're actively looking for ways to automate parts of their job that used to take hours. Start with the thing you spend the most time on and see what happens.”
- Matt Shumer (Click to read more)
What You Will Gain
This is not AI training.
It is not prompt engineering.
It is not a productivity system.
There are no scripts to memorize.
No lists to download.
No shortcuts to copy.
This is a live, collaborative practice built around how AI actually becomes powerful. Through sustained exchange. Through iteration. Through correction. Through staying with complexity long enough for judgment to form.
You’ll see, in real time, how to:​
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Integrate AI into your life and work for curation, creation, and ongoing learning
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Work with AI the way you would work with a trusted collaborator
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Recognize when something sounds good but misses the point
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Stay with a problem instead of rushing past it
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Teach AI how you think, decide, and evaluate over time
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Use AI to support judgment rather than replace it
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You’ll also become part of a small group of people working through these questions together, learning from shared challenges, perspectives, and experience.
Who This Is For
This is not AI training.
It is not prompt engineering.
It is not a productivity system.
There are no scripts to memorize.
No lists to download.
No shortcuts to copy.
This is a live, collaborative practice built around how AI actually becomes powerful. Through sustained exchange. Through iteration. Through correction. Through staying with complexity long enough for judgment to form.
This Study Group is for people who want to integrate AI into their work and thinking in a serious, thoughtful way. Not casually. Not performatively.
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It’s for individuals, entrepreneurs, founders, executives, and senior collaborators who want AI integrated properly into how they work and make decisions.
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You do not need to be technologically savvy. You do not need prior experience with AI. We begin together from the beginning, using ChatGPT (or Claude) as our shared foundation.
Founding Membership
To keep the Study Group collaborative and focused, membership is capped at 100 participants. Limiting the size allows for better dialogue, deeper engagement, and a more meaningful working environment.
Membership Includes
This is not AI training.
It is not prompt engineering.
It is not a productivity system.
There are no scripts to memorize.
No lists to download.
No shortcuts to copy.
This is a live, collaborative practice built around how AI actually becomes powerful. Through sustained exchange. Through iteration. Through correction. Through staying with complexity long enough for judgment to form.
Membership Includes​
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One live, 30-minute Study Group session each week
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A focused topic, shared in advance by text
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Open discussion and real-time Q&A
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Occasional guest sessions on specific areas of AI
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Full access to an archive of recorded sessions
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Written summaries for each session, searchable by topic
Members receive reminders and updates by text. Opt-out is available at any time.
How Each Session Works
​​Each weekly session runs for thirty minutes and follows a simple structure:
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First 15 minutes: one focused topic, explored in real time
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Next 5 minutes: key updates worth paying attention to — what shifted, what launched, what matters, and what doesn’t
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Final 10 minutes: open Q&A on any AI-related question, with occasional guest participation
Topics are shared by text thirty minutes before each session so members can arrive oriented and ready to engage
All sessions are recorded, archived, and accompanied by a written summary​
Session Schedule
The first AI Study Group session will take place on March 17, with three live options:
8:00 AM ET, 12:00 PM ET, and 5:00 PM ET.
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After the first session, the weekly schedule will be as follows.
​You will receive the Zoom link upon signing up for your membership, with a reminder and session topic sent by text thirty minutes before each meeting.
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The special one-hour kickoff will lay the groundwork for everything that follows. Unlike the regular 30-minute weekly sessions, Launch Day gives you the extra time you need to set up and begin building the foundation of your collaborative relationship with your AI. Whether you’re a seasoned entrepreneur, a business leader, or simply ready to put AI to work in your life, this first session ensures you’re starting from a place of confidence.
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LAUNCH DAY
Tuesday, March 17 (3 sessions, pick the one that works best for you)
Session 1: 9:00 AM ET
Session 2: 12:00 PM (noon) ET
Session 3: 5:00 PM ET
All three sessions will cover the same material.
MARCH
Wednesday, March 25 at 7:00 PM ET
Bonus: Saturday, March 28 at 10:00 AM ET
APRIL
Tuesday, April 7 at 8:00 AM ET
Bonus: Saturday, April 11 at 10:00 AM ET
Thursday, April 16 at 7:00 PM ET
Wednesday, April 22 at 12:00 PM (noon) ET
Tuesday, April 28 at 8:00 AM ET
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Possible Upcoming Topics
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Curating your “news.”
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Exploring the various options for AI platforms
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Using AI for:
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writing and editing
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communication
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health
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client research
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timesavers and organization
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emails
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Membership Pricing
Membership is $25 per month.
Become a Member Now
This is not AI training.
It is not prompt engineering.
It is not a productivity system.
There are no scripts to memorize.
No lists to download.
No shortcuts to copy.
This is a live, collaborative practice built around how AI actually becomes powerful. Through sustained exchange. Through iteration. Through correction. Through staying with complexity long enough for judgment to form.
We’re at a moment where how we engage with AI matters more than how quickly we adopt it.
The AI Study Group is designed to help you build a steady, thoughtful practice so AI becomes a collaborator in your thinking rather than something you react to.
If that’s how you want to work going forward, we’d love to have you join us.
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You will receive all of the information regarding the Zoom sessions once you sign up as a member.
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