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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.

Lessons
6
Exercises
37
Minutes
36

Start Generative, Not Programmed

  1. 1

    Generative, Not Programmed

    After this lesson you can tell when a task needs a generative model and when ordinary software does the job better.

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    6 exercises
    5 min
  2. 2

    Models, Assistants, Copilots, Agents

    After this lesson you can name what you are talking to, and decide how much it should be allowed to do without you.

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    6 exercises
    6 min
  3. 3

    Tokens and the Context Window

    After this lesson you can explain what a token and a context window are, and predict what happens when a conversation outgrows one.

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    6 exercises
    6 min
  4. 4

    Modalities and Model Families

    After this lesson you can match a task to a modality and a model size, instead of reaching for the biggest model every time.

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    5 exercises
    5 min
  5. 5

    Checkpoint: Sorting the ToolboxCheckpoint

    Combine the four ideas: prediction versus lookup, the four kinds of AI, the context window, and matching a model to a task.

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    6 exercises
    6 min
  6. 6

    Boss: Pick the Right Kind of AIBoss

    You run support at a small online lamp shop. Eight decisions in one day, each about which kind of AI, if any, to reach for.

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    8 exercises
    8 min