When I imagined a future with AI and robots, I pictured them doing the boring jobs. Somehow, it's come about that AI spends all day creating art and poetry while we still do the mundane tasks! I want to delegate the boring bits to my AI staff, not the creativity.
In this hands-on course, you'll interact with Custom GPTs, a specialised type of ChatGPT, including ones I've created specifically for this course. We’ll deep dive into the decision-making and practical steps involved in creating your own, quirky AI ‘staff’ team that takes care of repetitive tasks, freeing up your time for more creativity.
What You Will Learn:
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<li>Set Up CustomGPT AI Staff: how to use ChatGPT to create AI helpers for your business.</li>
<li>Find the Perfect AI Roles: Identify what tasks AI can take over vs what humans are better suited to.</li>
<li>Break Down Tasks: Turn big tasks into small steps for AI to manage with saved AI prompts.</li>
<li>Understand AI concepts and terminology so you can apply this knowledge as specific settings evolve.</li>
<li>Add quirky personality traits, expertise and understand how your ideal customer relates to your AI persona.</li>
<li>Customize Your AI: Make your AI staff fit your business perfectly by adding knowledge files.</li>
<li>AI team working: Tips on how your AI cobots can collaborate with each other.</li>
<li>AI Ethics: Question the do’s and don’ts of using AI responsibly. </li>
<li>How to protect your own art: Some tips on how to protect yourself from other AI.</li>
<li>Show Off Your AI Team: How to share and use your AI creations.</li>
<li>Byproduct Tips: An added bonus is you’ll pick up diverse tips on Spoonflower listings, Ideal Customer Profiles, current art trends, comedy tips, poetry tips and public domain image criteria from the various customGPT examples. </li>
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Why You Should Take This Class:
With my customGPTs, I will guide you through some of the practicalities of creating A.I. helpers specific to your context, with interactive demonstrations aimed at creative solopreneurs, but I also touch on some of the bigger concepts principles and ethical questions. A.I. is evolving so fast that if I just give you a simple click-this-then-click-that tutorial, it will be out of date in a month. My approach should leave you feeling more confident to go with the flow as A.I. evolves, harnessing it for your purposes. It should also be relevant for longer than a particular model, but in this course examples use GPT4o, I touch on the differences between GPT4o and the o1 model, and also how to use GPT4o Canvas to collaborate with several customGPTs at the same time.
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Why now? I started writing this course when it became easy to access CustomGPTs in ChatGPT. You won’t need to write any code, and you don’t need any experience using AI to start this course
Imagine having more time to be creative because the repetitive tasks are taken care of. This class shows you how AI can help make that happen. You’ll learn how to make AI work for you, so you can get back to designing, creating, and growing your business.
GPT5.1 Update
There have been some ChatGPT updates since I created this course, but you will still find it relevant because I taught the principles of creating CustomGPTs, rather than a click this then click that style tutorial. The main difference is that the options will look slightly different from the video when you edit the backend of your CustomGPT. You will have these options when you scroll down: 
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You can now choose which model your customGPT uses. Usually you would pick the latest model, which is GPT5.1 at the moment. You can also choose Capabilities. My default tends to be Web Search, Canvas (editing documents together on a canvas screen rather than just in chat), and Code Interpreter (even if the CustomGPT isn't writing code for you it can write code for itself to do tasks more accurately). I deselect Image Generation because I don't want it to generate art in chats about art. 
I recommend always deselecting the check box under Additional Settings, as this enables ChatGPT to train their future models based on the chats with your CustomGPT. 
Who This Class is For
This class is perfect for:
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<li>Creative Solopreneurs: Designers and artists.</li>
<li>Small Business Owners: Entrepreneurs in creative fields.</li>
<li>AI Newbies and Intermediates: Anyone curious but confused about using AI in their work.</li>
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No techie experience required—just a willingness to try something new and experiment until it works for you.
Materials required:
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<li>ChatGPT Plus subscription will be required to create your own customGPTs, but you can interact with Jenny’s customGPTs on the free plan. This is a monthly plan so you could pay for one month and then cancel. </li>
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AI can be your new assistants, handling the tasks you don't love so you can focus on the ones you do.
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Introduction: Unlock Your Creativity, How CustomGPT AI Staff Can Free Up Your Time

Beginner's Guide to CustomGPT ChatGPT AI ‘Staff’

Identifying the Ideal AI “Employee” for Your Business

Setting Up Your First CustomGPT: A Detailed Tutorial

Breaking Down Tasks: A Step-by-Step Guide to Step-by-Step Instructions

Applying Micro Task Instructions to Print on Demand and Art Contexts

Customising Your CustomGPT AI Staff: Tailoring to Your Creative Business

Creating Collaborative CustomGPT AI Teams

Ethical Practices in AI: Best Practices for CustomGPT

Sharing Your CustomGPT AI Team: Final Thoughts and Next Steps

Class project and Resources

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