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Module 2 — The AI Toolkit, in Plain English

Lesson 8: Choosing a Surface — Design, Cowork, and Code

Last updated: 2026-05-12

There is no single right place to use an assistant. There are three surfaces, well-suited to three quite different users, and the workable productivity stance is to use each for the work it was built for rather than forcing one to do everything.

Lesson 8: Choosing a Surface — Design, Cowork, and Code

Blackboard

Three surfaces, three user shapes

12 min
Pause and Think

If you had to do all of next week's work through one interface — a chat box, a desktop assistant, or a terminal — which would you pick, and which kinds of work would suffer most?

Practice Question

Question

Does not count for certificate
Choose one answer, use the hint if needed, then check your answer.
Use the hint before checking if you need a nudge.