AI GUIDEAD01 · READABLE LESSON
Choose a model and decide what to change
Distinguish pretraining, inference, prompting, retrieval and fine-tuning; design a controlled comparison for a real task.
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B02 · READABLE LESSON
Finish Base: use AI to prepare something useful
Bring together a source, an explanation, a calculation and a small deliverable; check whether you can use AI independently.
Beginner · AI explained simplyRead article →B01 · READABLE LESSON
How AI learns, answers and uses information
Understand training, generated answers, supplied documents and connected tools without needing mathematics or code.
Beginner · AI explained simplyRead article →A09 · READABLE LESSON
Understand tools, workflows and agents
Distinguish tools, fixed workflows and agents, with approval and failure handling.
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Give AI the right context and know where its knowledge comes from
Understand context, sources, retrieval, memory and fine-tuning through a small fictional policy task.
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Understand what is changing and what remains uncertain
Separate existing capabilities from demonstrations, productivity claims and uncertain forecasts.
Beginner · AI explained simplyRead article →A06 · READABLE LESSON
Choose a useful AI application in work and daily life
Discover everyday transformations: notes to a document, numbers to a chart, an idea to an image and voice practice.
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Ask for useful work and check the result
Describe a useful task, compare provided options and check facts, calculations and constraints.
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Have your first useful AI conversation
Open an official service, ask a simple question, refine the answer and know when to verify elsewhere.
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Meet the main AI services without choosing a winner
Meet recognizable AI services and compare them on a small task without chasing a universal winner.
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Understand the AI system you are using
Understand what AI can do and distinguish a model, an application, a source and an action.
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