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AI Basics
Understand what AI is, what it can do, what it cannot do, and how to start using it safely.
- Best for
- Complete beginners
- Level
- Beginner
- Time
- 2.5 hrs
- Lessons
- 0 of 6 complete
By the end, you can
- Explain what AI is and isn’t, in plain language
- Use a chat AI tool for real everyday tasks
- Write a simple prompt that gets a useful answer
- Know the basic safety rules before you rely on AI
Lesson index
L-01Up next
Intro to AI
A simple starting point for understanding what AI is, what it is not, and how to begin using it.
8–12 min
L-02Available
What AI Can and Can't Do
Set realistic expectations: AI's real strengths, its blind spots, and how to spot both.
10–14 min
L-03Available
Types of AI Tools
Chat assistants, image tools, copilots — what each kind is actually for.
10–13 min
L-04Available
Common AI Terms
Prompts, models, tokens, hallucinations — the vocabulary, minus the jargon.
11–14 min
L-05Available
AI Safety Basics
What to share, what to keep private, and how to double-check outputs.
8–11 min
L-06Available
Your First AI Workflow
Turn one repeated task into a simple, repeatable AI routine.
12–15 min
Keep going
Practice what this path covers with ready-made prompts in the Prompt Library, assemble your own with the Prompt Builder, or move on to Prompting 101.