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AI Basics

Understand what AI is and how it actually works

Anyone who wants a clear mental model of modern AI — no technical background needed

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What you'll be able to do

  • Explain how modern AI generates outputs in your own words
  • Understand what tokens, context windows, and prompts actually are
  • Know when to trust AI output — and when not to
  • Recognise hallucinations and common failure modes before they cause problems

Course content — 4 modules · 20 episodes

Module 1

What AI Really Is

Most people start with a wrong picture of AI. This module fixes that.

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1What is AI
2Why Generative AI Feels Different
3How AI Thinks
4Why GenAI Advanced All at Once
Module 2

How It Works

The mechanics underneath the chat interface — demystified.

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5What Is a Model, Really?
6Training vs Using a Model
7The Prompt Sandwich
8What Is a Completion
Module 3

What the Model Sees

Tokens and context are the lens through which AI reads everything you give it.

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11Tokens
13Why Typos Don’t Matter
14Context Window
15Context Engineering
16Why Long Chats Drift
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17“Forgetting” vs “Never Knew”
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Module 4

Trusting the Output

AI can sound confident while being wrong. This module teaches you to notice.

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9What AI Is Good At vs Bad At
10The 5-Sentence Mental Model of GenAI
19Why AI Sounds Confident
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33What Hallucinations Are
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34When You Should Trust AI
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35Red Flags
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Episodes marked "Coming" are planned in the curriculum — they'll appear here when recorded. Future modules may include text articles and interactive exercises alongside video.