Artificial IntelligenceBeginner
AI Foundations: How Modern AI Really Works
A clear, hype-free mental model of AI and large language models.
Taught by Asha Karki · AI Product Engineer
What you'll learn
- Explain in plain English how an LLM generates text
- Describe the difference between training and inference
- Recognise the strengths and failure modes of today's AI
- Use tokens, context windows and temperature correctly
- Apply a simple framework for using AI responsibly
About this course
AI has gone from research curiosity to everyday tool. This free course gives you an honest, practical understanding of how modern AI — especially large language models — actually works, what it can and can't do, and how to use it responsibly at work. No maths degree required.
Course content
7 lessons- 1What we mean by 'AI' todayCutting through the buzzwords.Preview
- 2How a language model generates textNext-token prediction, demystified.Preview
- 3Training vs. inferenceThe two very different phases of an AI's life.
- 4Context windows and memoryWhy AI 'forgets' and how to work with it.
- 5Temperature and other dialsControlling creativity vs. consistency.
- 6What today's AI is good and bad atAn honest capability map.
- 7Using AI responsiblyA simple checklist for work.