The curriculum
Every card and capstone, level by level. Levels 1–3 are the same for everyone; tracks start at Level 4.
AI Aware
I can explain what AI is — and isn't — to anyone, without jargon.
After this level you can say: I can explain what AI is — and isn't — to anyone, without jargon.
What this thing is
The mechanism underneath every AI product you have used.
- What is AI, really?
You can explain in one sentence what AI is and what it is not.
Watch Read - How AI learned to talk
You can explain what a large language model does in simple terms.
Watch Read - Where it learned all that
You can explain how an AI's training data determines its worldview.
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Why it gets things wrong
Fluent and wrong are not opposites. Here is why.
- Why AI makes things up
Ask an AI for a book that does not exist and it will describe the plot. Not to trick you — it simply has no off switch for sounding sure.
Watch Read - What AI genuinely can't do
You can name three things AI cannot do, before you rely on it.
Watch Read - Its very short memory
AI can only hold so much in view at once. Past that edge, the earliest bits fall out.
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What it can touch
Formats, prompts, and the parts of your work it reaches.
- It sees, hears and speaks too
You can describe the difference between a text-generation and image-generation AI model.
Watch Read - What a prompt actually is
A prompt is just instructions. Vague instructions get vague work — same as with people.
Watch Read - What this changes about your work
It is not taking the job. It is taking the first draft, the summary, and the boring middle.
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Talking about it without embarrassment
Six words, one red line, and your first real win.
- The six words that matter
Use model, prompt, training data, hallucination, token and agent correctly in a sentence about your own work.
- Where this gets risky
Two rules cover most of the danger: watch what you paste in, and check what comes out.
Watch Read - Your first real AI win
You complete one real task with AI and can say what it did well and badly.
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- How AI actually answers you
Ask an AI anything and watch closely: the answer appears word by word. That is not a display trick. That is literally how it thinks.
Watch - Why the same question gets different answers
Explain what temperature changes and when to set it high or low.
- How a chatbot works
A chatbot feels like talking to someone. Mechanically, it is closer to autocomplete that re-reads the whole conversation before every single word.
Watch - Chatbot, workflow, or agent?
Every AI product you will ever use is one of three things: something that answers, something that follows a recipe, or something that decides the recipe.
Watch - How to actually make AI useful
The gap between people who "get" AI and people who don't is not technical skill. It is one habit: giving it a real job and checking the result.
Watch - What is a model, really?
Explain in plain words what a model is and how it differs from a normal computer program.
Watch - Training vs. using an AI
Distinguish training from inference and say why that matters for privacy and cost.
Watch - Prompting is steering, not asking
Reframe prompting as setting conditions for prediction, and name the four main steering tools.
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In 200 words, explain to a friend what AI actually is, what it isn't, and one thing it surprised you with this week.
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