Learning path

Learn AI for beginners

A beginner-friendly AI learning path with short playgrounds — everyday examples, safe habits, and plain English.

Intended learner: Curious adults and complete beginners
Prerequisites: Curiosity and basic web access
Recommended pace: 6 weeks · 2 hr/week · 25-minute sessions
Core spine: 39 lessons · ~5.8 hrs
Electives: 12 lessons · ~1.7 hrs
Difficulty: Beginner
Outcome: Explain what AI can and cannot do, use chat tools safely, verify answers, and pick simple tools.
Capstone project: Personal AI roadmap — A staged, safety-checked plan for a useful personal assistant.

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Electives progress0/12 · 0%

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In the wild

Catalog picks that match this path — explore products and vendors alongside the curriculum.

Tools

ChatGPT — Everyday chat — practice prompting and verification.
Free AI Voice Cloning — Consent-first guide to free voice tools.
Perplexity — Cited answers when you need to check the web.

Companies

OpenAI — Lab behind ChatGPT and widely used APIs.

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Optional self-check

Find your best starting phase

Use this short self-check to skip familiar foundations without hiding the complete roadmap.

Check only what you can already do without step-by-step help.I can demonstrate the ai literacy outcomes with an example of my own.I can demonstrate the practical ai use outcomes with an example of my own.I can demonstrate the how ai systems work outcomes with an example of my own.

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Recommended entry: AI literacy. This does not mark lessons complete; use it to challenge out of familiar material.

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Core roadmap

Learn in phases, build as you go

Open a module when you are ready. The full lesson sequence is still preserved for resume and next-lesson navigation.

Phase 1

AI literacy

Recognize AI, its limits, and the safety decisions that come first.

Foundations and limitsBuild reliable judgment about where AI helps and where it fails.12 lessons

Safety and societyBuild reliable judgment about where AI helps and where it fails.8 lessons

Phase 2

Practical AI use

Prompt, verify, and apply AI to useful work without outsourcing judgment.

Prompt foundationsPractice a repeatable workflow and keep a human verification step.12 lessons

Builds on: AI literacy

Applied workflowsPractice a repeatable workflow and keep a human verification step.5 lessons

Builds on: AI literacy

Phase 3

How AI systems work

Build a working mental model of language models, retrieval, tools, and agents.

Model foundationsConnect system behavior to the technical ideas underneath it.2 lessons

Builds on: Practical AI use