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Learning the Basics: AI

Lesson 1

What AI Actually Is (and Isn’t)

What AI is, where it came from, and where it’s already working in your life.

Lesson 2

How AI Learns

Why an AI can only know what’s in its examples, blind spots included.

Lesson 3

Large Language Models & Chatbots

What’s really behind the chat window, and why it predicts words.

Lesson 4

Beyond Text: Other Kinds of AI

How AI makes images, voices and video, and what it can see.

Lesson 5

Using AI Well: Practical Skills

How to ask clearly and get answers you can actually use.

Lesson 6

Spotting Fakes & Misinformation

The question that beats every visual tell: where did this come from?

Lesson 7

Privacy & Your Data

What AI companies collect, why, and what you can control.

Lesson 8

Bias & Fairness

How unfairness slips into AI, usually without anyone intending it.

Lesson 9

AI & Work

Which tasks AI is changing, which it isn’t, and how to prepare.

Lesson 10

AI in Daily Life

AI in health care, schools, money and more, with the questions it raises.

Lesson 11

Power, Ethics & Governance

Who builds AI, who controls it, and how we can govern it together.

Lesson 12

Safety, the Future & Big Questions

What AI safety means, and the biggest open questions ahead.

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Deeper courses for people ready to go past the basics. Most will stay free; a few in-depth modules may carry a small fee.