What is AI: Complete Foundation
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Course Introduction
Your roadmap to AI mastery
Welcome to your AI learning journey! This course will take you from complete beginner to confident AI practitioner. Unlike tutorials that show you which buttons to click, we'll teach you *why* AI works the way it does—knowledge that transfers to any AI system, now and in the future.
What You'll Learn
This course covers the complete landscape of artificial intelligence, from the fundamental concepts that power ChatGPT and Claude, to practical skills you can apply immediately. You'll understand neural networks, transformers, tokenization, and training—not just as abstract concepts, but as tools you can reason about and work with.
Why Understanding Matters
Tools change. In 2022, everyone learned GPT-3 prompts. In 2023, it was ChatGPT plugins. In 2024, it's Claude artifacts and RAG systems. But the fundamentals—how AI processes information, why certain prompts work better, what models can and can't do—these stay constant. Master the fundamentals, and you'll adapt to any new tool in hours, not months.
How This Course Works
Each chapter builds on the previous one, but you can also jump to specific topics. We use real examples, not academic abstractions. Every concept connects to something you can test yourself, whether that's prompting ChatGPT differently or running a model on your own computer.
💡 Key Takeaways
- Understanding AI fundamentals gives you skills that transfer across all AI tools
- This course teaches concepts, not just procedures
- Each chapter includes practical examples you can try yourself
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