Course · 8 chapters
AI Foundations
Orient, understand, and use AI — vocabulary, mechanism, judgment, daily-practice habits, and prompt persistence that make AI useful in real work, regardless of your role
What you'll be able to do
- An orientation across the AI Foundations skill path — the vocabulary, the mechanism, the judgment, the daily-practice habits, and the prompt-persistence depth that turn AI from intimidating buzzword into useful daily co-worker, plus depth chapters on reading and building benchmarks for the skill that matters most: judgment.
- A decoder ring for every AI concept — what it means, which shelf it goes on, and the next question to ask.
- The machine under the magic — tokens, embeddings, attention, and prediction, explained without math.
- Stop staring at the blinking cursor. Five patterns, four surfaces, and a 7-day plan that turns ChatGPT or Claude into a daily co-worker by the end of week one.
- AI sounds confident even when it's wrong. Learn to spot the three failure modes, run a 30-second verification, and build the daily habit that keeps AI useful instead of dangerous.
- Stop retyping the same context every time. Configure ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini to remember how you work — and recognize when a long conversation has stopped serving you.
What's inside
- 1AI Foundations: Start Here
An orientation across the AI Foundations skill path — the vocabulary, the mechanism, the judgment, the daily-practice habits, and the prompt-persistence depth that turn AI from intimidating buzzword into useful daily co-worker, plus depth chapters on reading and building benchmarks for the skill that matters most: judgment.
- 2AI Concepts Decoded
A decoder ring for every AI concept — what it means, which shelf it goes on, and the next question to ask.
- 3How AI Actually Works (For Curious Humans)
The machine under the magic — tokens, embeddings, attention, and prediction, explained without math.
- 4Your First Week with AI
Stop staring at the blinking cursor. Five patterns, four surfaces, and a 7-day plan that turns ChatGPT or Claude into a daily co-worker by the end of week one.
- 5AI Judgment: When to Trust, When to Verify
AI sounds confident even when it's wrong. Learn to spot the three failure modes, run a 30-second verification, and build the daily habit that keeps AI useful instead of dangerous.
- 6Your Modern Prompt Stack
Stop retyping the same context every time. Configure ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini to remember how you work — and recognize when a long conversation has stopped serving you.
- 7Understanding AI Benchmarks
Decode the percentages every vendor cites — what they measure, what they hide, and how to read a model's report card without an engineering degree.
- 8Does AI Work For Your Job? Measure It
Design and run a mini-benchmark on your own data to decide whether AI is really ready for a real task — no code required.
Earn a certificate
Complete all chapters to receive your certificate of completion.