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AI Foundations

What generative AI is and is not, and when to trust what it says: the two islands every other AI course assumes.

Islands
2
Lessons
12
Exercises
71
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  1. Island 1

    What AI Is and Isn't

    Tell a model from an assistant from an agent, know what a context window holds, and pick the right kind of AI for a job.

    1. Generative, Not Programmed6 exercises, 5 min
    2. Models, Assistants, Copilots, Agents6 exercises, 6 min
    3. Tokens and the Context Window6 exercises, 6 min
    4. Modalities and Model Families5 exercises, 5 min
    5. Checkpoint: Sorting the ToolboxCheckpoint6 exercises, 6 min
    6. Boss: Pick the Right Kind of AIBoss8 exercises, 8 min
  2. Island 2

    Capabilities and Limits

    Know what a model does well, spot a hallucination, tell confidence from accuracy, and build the habit of checking before you act.

    1. What Models Do Well5 exercises, 5 min
    2. Hallucination and False Confidence5 exercises, 7 min
    3. Grounding and Citations5 exercises, 6 min
    4. Verification Habits5 exercises, 6 min
    5. Checkpoint: Trust, But CheckCheckpoint6 exercises, 6 min
    6. Boss: Audit an AnswerBoss8 exercises, 8 min