Your next skill-coach might just be AI

The other day I picked up my guitar after ages. I’ve always been a ten-chord guitarist, good enough to get by at parties where fervour matters more than perfection, but after a long break even those limited chords betrayed me.

The chords were still in my fingers; life just kept getting in the way. I needed a coach who was accessible and patient.

So I turned to AI.

What started as a few practice prompts turned into a framework for learning any skill: from guitar to coding, from storytelling to yoga. AI is remarkably good at the creating learning…