Practicum for Denis Ermilov's book · cheap-intelligence.vercel.app · version 2026-08
Every tool follows one cycle: question → diagnosis → artifact → action → later check
BeginnerStart without jargon: which AI tool is available where you live and how to use it safely. → /en/start
Professional12 professions: what gets cheaper, what becomes more valuable, and what to automate. → /en/applications
ManagerBuild a team with agents: maturity, contracts, checks, and gates. → Volume 2 workbook
SMB ownerBuild an agent-based staff and find the function with the fastest financial return. → SMB staff map
| Question for yourself | Tool | Artifact |
|---|
| Which lever creates my value? | Three value levers | the lever + what gets cheaper |
| What is really in my week? | Week inventory | share of 🟢/🟡/🔴 work + exposure |
| At what usefulness level do I work? | Usefulness level + a +1 move | level 0 to 5 + candidate task |
| How does my system work around AI? | Personal harness builder | the weakest layer in the system |
| Am I losing my own thinking? | Cognitive debt tracker | working mode + a protective rule |
| What does all this mean together? | Integrated profession audit | diagnosis + durable value |
| What will I do for 90 days? | 90-day plan | a one-task plan + check-ins |
| Business question | Tool | Artifact |
|---|
| Did we rebuild the process or just bolt on AI? | Process maturity check | level + where the change is cosmetic |
| What should an agent do, and what stays with a person? | Human Review Matrix + evaluation set | task map + 20 test cases |
| Under what terms does an agent join the team? | Agent Contract | boundaries, escalation, owner, stop threshold |
| Where can an agent pay off? | Process scoring (5 questions) | ranked list + reasons to say no |
| Can a customer-facing agent find me? | Can an agent see me? checklist | discoverability gaps |
| In what order should we move? | Order of moves gate sheet | a route through gates, not dates |