Lesson 3-1 · Module 3

How generative AI actually works (with Lego)

How AI Actually Works · 2:14 video

In Module 3 you'll get into the nuts and bolts of AI and learn to think alongside it, rather than just use it.

In this lesson we swap jargon for Lego. Imagine an AI as a Lego master who has studied every model ever built - it hasn't memorised the sets, it's learned the patterns. Generative AI works the same way, but with language. It doesn't copy; it builds something new from everything it's seen. The takeaway: it's not about knowing code, it's about knowing how to ask.

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