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AI Explained
Never touched AI? Start here. Plain-English answers to what an agent is, why there are so many models, OpenAI vs Claude, what a context window is, knowledge graphs, and MCP — no jargon, no experience needed.
Skills track — no exam, no gate: finish the work, ship the capstone
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What's inside
Lessons grounded in primary sources · hands-on labs · branching scenario drills · a shipped capstone · videos and audio deep-dives · a source library where every claim links to the official doc.
- What is AI, really?
- What is an agent?
- Why are there so many models?
- Open vs closed models
- OpenAI vs Claude vs the rest
- Text, images, video — why can some AIs see and make things?
- The knobs: temperature, tokens & parameters
- Context: the AI's desk
- Memory: does it remember me?
- Teaching AI your stuff (RAG)
- Knowledge graphs
- MCP, for beginners
- You get it now — where next?
Questions
Is there an exam?
No — this is a skills track. You finish when every module's hands-on work is done and the capstone ships.
What does it cost?
Nothing. The whole academy is free — no account required, no trial, no upsell.
Do I need to be technical?
No. Modules are plain English first; every term of art is explained before it's used.
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