Source note: Originally published on Eric's Advisory Hour Substack. Read the canonical note or subscribe to Advisory Hour.
The note
I’ve heard from several in the competition already. Projects are underway. That’s the most important thing: just jump to building. These tools change so fast that courseware can’t keep up. You want to learn? Open up a tool and build something.
Why it matters for Summer Into AI
This is the competition loop in its smallest form: do not wait for the perfect curriculum, perfect prompt library, or perfect build plan. The tooling layer is changing too quickly for a static class to stay ahead of the frontier.
The advantage goes to the people who build in public, run into the weird edges, and turn those edges into proof-of-work. Summer Into AI is meant to reward that motion: project first, lessons second, receipts always.
Operating principle: the fastest way to learn the current generation of AI tools is to make them carry weight on a real project.
Original source
This local copy preserves the public Substack note text for the Summer Into AI 2026 competition section. Canonical Substack URL: https://substack.com/@advisoryhour/note/c-277058873.