AI Foundations
What AI is, how it works, and how to use it well.
Start here if AI still feels like magic or hype. In five short modules you will understand what today's AI systems really are, why they are so capable and so fallible, and how to use them safely in everyday work.
5
modules
34
minutes total
Modules
- 1
What AI actually is
6 minAI, machine learning, deep learning and generative AI are nested ideas. Here is how they fit together.
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- 2
How language models work
8 minTokens in, tokens out. A plain-language tour of how a model turns your question into an answer.
- 3
Strengths, limits and hallucinations
7 minWhy AI can ace a medical exam yet invent a citation, and how to tell which you are getting.
- 4
Using AI safely and responsibly
6 minPrivacy, bias, intellectual property and when to keep a human in the loop.
- 5
Your first genuinely useful conversations
7 minFive everyday tasks to try today, and the habits that make AI a daily tool rather than a novelty.