I finished an English series on the way I think ordinary people can start using AI for real work. The point is not to become an AI expert first. The point is to have one place where you can say what you want, give the tool access to the right folder, and check the result. Anything important still needs a human pause: publishing, deleting, paying, or authorizing. My preferred starting point is simple: One project folder. One command-line window. One plain-English request. One habit of checking before confirming. That is the "AI workbench" idea. Why I started with the command line Most people hear "command line" and think it means programming. I think that is the wrong frame. For an AI tool like Codex, the command line can be the cleanest interface because it does not start with a pile of buttons. You type the goal: I want to organize the files in this folder and turn the useful material into a public article. Please inspect the folder first.…