Module 01
AI Around Us
Separate genuine AI capabilities from ordinary automation and marketing labels.
- What Counts as AI? · 12 minutes
- Predictive and Generative AI · 16 minutes
- Capabilities and Claims · 20 minutes
Practice output: AI use inventory
Beginner · 6 modules · 18 lessons
AI for Everyone
Explore AI for Everyone through 6 modules and 18 approachable lessons, with examples, practice, feedback, and a final hands-on project.
What you will learn
- Explain the core ideas behind modern AI in plain language.
- Use AI tools while checking evidence, uncertainty, and limitations.
- Evaluate when AI is useful and when a simpler approach is better.
Course outline
Module 02
How AI Solves Problems
See how inputs, outputs, objectives, and constraints shape an AI system's decisions.
- Inputs, Outputs, and Objectives · 12 minutes
- Search and Optimization · 16 minutes
- Humans Set the Goal · 20 minutes
Practice output: Problem framing card
Module 03
Learning from Data
Follow the path from selecting and labeling data to training a model and producing a prediction.
- Data, Features, and Labels · 12 minutes
- Training and Inference · 16 minutes
- Data Quality · 20 minutes
Practice output: Data dependency map
Module 04
Uncertainty and Prediction
Read probability, base rates, model confidence, and evidence without treating a prediction as a fact.
- Probability Without Fear · 12 minutes
- Base Rates and Evidence · 16 minutes
- Confidence Is Not Truth · 20 minutes
Practice output: Decision note
Module 05
Modern Models and Generative AI
Build a simple mental model of neural networks, tokens, context, generative AI, and hallucinations.
- From Neurons to Networks · 12 minutes
- Tokens and Context · 16 minutes
- Why Models Can Make Things Up · 20 minutes
Practice output: Output evaluation sheet
Module 06
Using and Evaluating AI
Evaluate an AI use case by checking its result, privacy, bias, human role, and stop conditions.
- Evaluating Outputs · 12 minutes
- Risk and Human Oversight · 16 minutes
- Your AI Idea · 20 minutes
Practice output: AI Idea Brief and Personal AI Compass