Lesson 2-2 · Module 2

What AI actually is (and why that's changed)

Name: What AI actually is (and why that's changed)
Uploaded: 2026-08-27
Duration: 2 min 21 s
Channel: Ray Fleming
Description: Forget the long history. There are two ages of AI you need to know. First, the Algorithmic AI Age - when AI was something data scientists did and the rest of us talked about. Then came the Human AI Age, launched with ChatGPT: suddenly you didn't need to code, you just needed to communicate well. That shift means success now depends as much on EQ as IQ.

Why AI Matters Now · 2:21 video

Forget the long history. There are two ages of AI you need to know.

First, the Algorithmic AI Age - when AI was something data scientists did and the rest of us talked about. Then came the Human AI Age, launched with ChatGPT: suddenly you didn't need to code, you just needed to communicate well.

That shift means success now depends as much on EQ as IQ.

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