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Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Beginner to Expert Training · 8 weeks

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Applied Artificial Intelligence: From First Steps to Expert
Modern automation skills completely transform productivity in school, work, and business. This pathway explores navigating generative systems, engineering perfect inputs, streamlining repetitive workflows, and training customized machine learning models.

It is perfect for ambitious minds ready to start without any prior experience, gain advanced technical capabilities, and shape the future of technology.
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  1. 1How to Use This CourseLesson + quiz
  2. 2Tracks 1–3 are the core. The Builder Module is the finish: three real, billed-shapeLesson + quiz
  3. 35. AI is your assistant, not your author. You stay in charge of every fact,Lesson + quiz
  4. 4• Perplexity free (Weeks 6, 19, 21) — the answer engine that shows its links;Lesson + quiz
  5. 5Week 1 · Meet Your Assistant — What AI Really Is (And Isn’t)Lesson + quiz
  6. 6opinion. When it sounds certain, that is tone — not truth. (Week 6 builds theLesson + quiz
  7. 7Notice the timing — seconds. Notice the difference between prompt 1 (a plainLesson + quiz
  8. 8Your turn — the pep talk (7 minutes)Lesson + quiz
  9. 9Week 2 · Prompt Power — The Five-Part Order FormLesson + quiz
  10. 10The two halves people skip — context and format — are exactly the two halvesLesson + quiz
  11. 11Step 3 — Context is the differenceLesson + quiz
  12. 12WORDS YOU’LL MEET TODAYLesson + quiz
  13. 13Week 3 · Everyday Writing — Letters, Emails & ApplicationsLesson + quiz
  14. 14THE PRIVACY PASS (SAY IT ALOUD)Lesson + quiz
  15. 15for each and pick the clearest. Notice how fast “staring at a blank screen”Lesson + quiz
  16. 16Journal it with your corrections marked — the corrections are the professionalLesson + quiz
  17. 17Week 4 · Your Personal Tutor — Learn Anything FasterLesson + quiz
  18. 18THE TRINITY CHECK — THREE INDEPENDENT ANSWERSLesson + quiz
  19. 19Practise once aloud, once in your head. If your notes are on paper, manyLesson + quiz
  20. 20Your turn — the weak-point loop (7 minutes)Lesson + quiz
  21. 21Week 5 · Languages & Tone — Translate, Soften, StrengthenLesson + quiz
  22. 22Guided practical — four language moves (20 minutes)Lesson + quiz
  23. 23Read the change list — an editing class in every pass. Keep the changes youLesson + quiz
  24. 24Three takeawaysLesson + quiz
  25. 25Week 6 · Trust, But Verify — Hallucination HuntingLesson + quiz
  26. 26Guided practical — the hunt, in five steps (20 minutes)Lesson + quiz
  27. 27Step 4 — Source-linked vs open chatLesson + quiz
  28. 28Three takeawaysLesson + quiz
  29. 29Week 7 · Pictures From Words — Image AI BasicsLesson + quiz
  30. 30• It is partly luck. Hands get wrong, text inside images garbles, objects melt atLesson + quiz
  31. 31Step 3 — Style words that steerLesson + quiz
  32. 32Your turn — the event background (7 minutes)Lesson + quiz
  33. 33Week 8 · Voice & Phone — Talking to the MachineLesson + quiz
  34. 34Guided practical — four voice moves (20 minutes)Lesson + quiz
  35. 35Step 5 — Your data and battery strategyLesson + quiz
  36. 363. Summaries inherit the source’s truth. Sixty seconds of skimming the originalLesson + quiz
  37. 37Week 9 · GATE — My Everyday AI SetupLesson + quiz
  38. 38One tidy profile. If your assistant supports saved instructions or memory,Lesson + quiz
  39. 39Re-read them. Nine weeks ago this felt like magic; now it is a working system.Lesson + quiz
  40. 40Three takeawaysLesson + quiz
  41. 41Week 10 · Documents That Work — Letters, Reports & ProposalsLesson + quiz
  42. 42Guided practical — the one-page proposal (20 minutes)Lesson + quiz
  43. 43Step 4 — Register controlLesson + quiz
  44. 44Your turn — the sendable proposal (7 minutes)Lesson + quiz
  45. 45Week 11 · Numbers in Plain Words — Spreadsheets with AILesson + quiz
  46. 46THE DATA-SAFETY PASS (TABLES EDITION)Lesson + quiz
  47. 47Merge the clean list back and verify the count — the clean list must haveLesson + quiz
  48. 48Your turn — the mini sales tracker (7 minutes)Lesson + quiz
  49. 49Week 12 · The Marketing Machine — Posts, Offers & CaptionsLesson + quiz
  50. 50Guided practical — the week in one hour (20 minutes)Lesson + quiz
  51. 51Step 4 — The visual briefs (Week 7 recipe)Lesson + quiz
  52. 522. Hook, body, CTA — one ask. Stop, prove, one verb. Clarity buys responses.Lesson + quiz
  53. 53Week 13 · Customer Chatter — Replies That Keep CustomersLesson + quiz
  54. 54Guided practical — the reply system (20 minutes)Lesson + quiz
  55. 55Step 5 — The known-limits drillLesson + quiz
  56. 56Before next time: decks and flyers are assembled, not drawn. Week 14: brandLesson + quiz
  57. 57Week 14 · Slides & Flyers — AI Design AssemblyLesson + quiz
  58. 58Guided practical — kit, deck, flyer (20 minutes)Lesson + quiz
  59. 59Generate one background image (Wi-Fi), then assemble in Canva with your kitLesson + quiz
  60. 60Three takeawaysLesson + quiz
  61. 61Week 15 · Your Prompt Library — Build Once, Use ForeverLesson + quiz
  62. 62The 80/20 audit is the honesty check: most people “use” fifty prompts and runLesson + quiz
  63. 63This one documented upgrade is the habit: libraries improve by cycles, not byLesson + quiz
  64. 64Your turn — stand up the full library (7 minutes)Lesson + quiz
  65. 65Week 16 · Deepfakes & Dirty Tricks — Seeing AI AbuseLesson + quiz
  66. 66THE LAW, BRIEFLY (LAY LEVEL)Lesson + quiz
  67. 67Step 3 — The family safe-wordLesson + quiz
  68. 68Your turn — the household brief (7 minutes)Lesson + quiz
  69. 69Week 17 · Rehearse Anything — Interviews, Pitches & Tough TalksLesson + quiz
  70. 70Guided practical — the rehearsal room (20 minutes)Lesson + quiz
  71. 71Step 4 — The tough-talk simulatorLesson + quiz
  72. 72Your turn — the sitting (7 minutes)Lesson + quiz
  73. 73Week 18 · GATE — The AI Business Assistant KitLesson + quiz
  74. 74Guided practical — assemble, deliver, close the loop (20Lesson + quiz
  75. 75Step 5 — Price it once, honestlyLesson + quiz
  76. 76Three takeawaysLesson + quiz
  77. 77Week 19 · Many Models — Choosing the Right Tool per JobLesson + quiz
  78. 78The power-user skill is model routing — choosing which tool gets each job.Lesson + quiz
  79. 79Step 2 — Your routing tableLesson + quiz
  80. 80Your turn — publish your routing table (7 minutes)Lesson + quiz
  81. 81Week 20 · Long Documents — Books, Reports & Policies, ConqueredLesson + quiz
  82. 82And the professional’s signature on long work is the citation trail: every fact youLesson + quiz
  83. 83Long documents surrender to layers. Note anything the chain missed — thatLesson + quiz
  84. 84Your turn — the billable shape (7 minutes)Lesson + quiz
  85. 85Week 21 · Research Like a Pro — Citations & the Evidence BoardLesson + quiz
  86. 86aggregator, or vendor-marketing. Courts and clients think in exactly these tiersLesson + quiz
  87. 87Step 4 — Source-grading, appliedLesson + quiz
  88. 88Your turn — the billable brief (7 minutes)Lesson + quiz
  89. 89Week 22 · Build Your Own Assistant — Custom Instructions & KnowledgeLesson + quiz
  90. 90And one 2026 privacy note, said once: Google’s free API tier may use yourLesson + quiz
  91. 91Step 3 — The knowledge file, safelyLesson + quiz
  92. 92syllabus). Limited to content you are safe sharing with theLesson + quiz
  93. 93Week 23 · Automation Without Code — Connect the DotsLesson + quiz
  94. 94One rule fails and the task stays manual. Businesses kill projects with this cardLesson + quiz
  95. 95Step 4 — The 3-rule test, writtenLesson + quiz
  96. 96Your turn — stand up the pipeline (7 minutes)Lesson + quiz
  97. 97Week 24 · AI at the Office — Policy, Etiquette & Honest SpeedLesson + quiz
  98. 98• The disclosure standard. Declaring AI assistance when asked is a trust-Lesson + quiz
  99. 99Step 4 — The screw-up casebookLesson + quiz
  100. 100Your turn — ship the policy (7 minutes)Lesson + quiz
  101. 101Week 25 · Sell AI Help — The Service Consultant’s ToolkitLesson + quiz
  102. 102remarkable — cheap enough to say yes, valuable enough to respect you. EntryLesson + quiz
  103. 103Save it as a prompt card too — your assistant can pre-interview a new client’sLesson + quiz
  104. 104Deliverable A concrete, countable output in a package — 1 calendar, 12 posts, 1Lesson + quiz
  105. 105Week 26 · Proof & Portfolio — Show It, Don’t Say ItLesson + quiz
  106. 106And the profile: the 2026 market rewards declared AI skill. The line that getsLesson + quiz
  107. 107Your Week 9 self-description paragraph evolves here — same spine, sharperLesson + quiz
  108. 108Your turn — ship the proof (7 minutes)Lesson + quiz
  109. 109Week 27 · CAPSTONE — The Professional AI Launch PackLesson + quiz
  110. 110Guided practical — assemble, defend, ship (20 minutes)Lesson + quiz
  111. 111Step 5 — Next-90-days cardLesson + quiz
  112. 112Your turn — the capstone defence (7 minutes)Lesson + quiz
  113. 113Builder Session 1 · Ship a Custom Assistant for a Real ClientLesson + quiz
  114. 114you for. It states what the assistant is, how to reach it, what it knows, what itLesson + quiz
  115. 115Step 4 — The handover docLesson + quiz
  116. 116Three takeawaysLesson + quiz
  117. 117Builder Session 2 · A Working Mini- Automation (Lead to Approved Reply)Lesson + quiz
  118. 118Guided practical — the loop, made real (20 minutes)Lesson + quiz
  119. 119Drills documented = uptime promised safely.Lesson + quiz
  120. 1202. The SLA is the product. A small, kept, written pace — speed with aLesson + quiz
  121. 121Builder Session 3 · Launch — Proposal, Pricing & First-Client OutreachLesson + quiz
  122. 122And the charter — your public code of professional practice — is the signedLesson + quiz
  123. 123Step 4 — Sign the charterLesson + quiz
  124. 124Your turn — launch-day evidence (7 minutes)Lesson + quiz
Applied Artificial Intelligence: From First Steps to Expert
Modern automation skills completely transform productivity in school, work, and business. This pathway explores navigating generative systems, engineering perfect inputs, streamlining repetitive workflows, and training customized machine learning models.

It is perfect for ambitious minds ready to start without any prior experience, gain advanced technical capabilities, and shape the future of technology.

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