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Understanding AI: Core Concepts training

Four microlessons that explain AI in plain English, from machine learning and neural networks to large language models and AI agents.

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What the Understanding AI: Core Concepts course covers

This course is made up of four short microlessons, built for anyone who is new to AI. It covers the difference between AI, machine learning and deep learning, how large language models predict text, how neural networks work and what AI agents are.

Learning outcomes

What your people will be able to do

  • Tell AI, machine learning and deep learning apart
  • Explain how neural networks use layers to match patterns
  • Describe how large language models predict the next word
  • Recognize where LLMs lack real understanding and reasoning
  • Use AI for pattern-based tasks and check what it produces
  • Explain what makes an AI agent autonomous
Course contents

4 microlessons

Each microlesson is a short, TikTok-style video lesson.

1AI vs Machine Learning vs Deep Learning Explained
2Understanding Large Language Models Simply
3Neural Networks Explained
4What Are AI Agents?

  1. AI vs Machine Learning vs Deep Learning Explained: How deep learning fits inside machine learning, and why neural networks matter.
  2. Understanding Large Language Models Simply: How large language models predict the next word, and what they're trained on.
  3. Neural Networks Explained: Why AI matches patterns rather than thinks, and what that means for how you use it.
  4. What Are AI Agents?: What an AI agent is: tools, memory and planning to reach a goal on its own.
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Who should take this course

Who it's for

  • Anyone starting out with AI
  • Teams who use ChatGPT or similar tools and want to know how they work
  • Managers who need to explain AI to their teams
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Questions about Understanding AI: Core Concepts training

How long is the Understanding AI: Core Concepts course?

It's made up of 4 short microlessons. Learners can finish it in one sitting or spread it over a few days, and 5Mins sends reminders until it is done.

What does the course cover?

The difference between AI, machine learning and deep learning, how large language models predict text, how neural networks work and what AI agents are.

Who should take Understanding AI: Core Concepts training?

Anyone who is new to AI and wants to understand the terms they'll hear at work.

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