Intro to AI for Business
Get the whole landscape straight in an afternoon.
- 10 lessons
- 1 hr 39 min
- 1 quiz
- Intro level
- Completion badge
Most people meet AI through a chatbot and a lot of noise. This course gives you the map instead. What these tools actually are, where they genuinely help a business like yours, where they fall over, and how to tell the difference before you spend money on it.
By the end
What you will be able to do
- Explain in plain terms what AI can and cannot do for your business
- Spot the three or four jobs in your week that are worth handing over first
- Judge an AI tool without needing anyone to translate it for you
- Know the risks that matter for a small business and the ones that do not
Membership
Core course, part of the membership
Then put your name down for this one, and start anything already open
- Certificate when you finish
- Badges as you go
- Built for people who run things, not engineers
Every lesson
The outline
What you are actually dealing with
Enough of how these tools work to make good decisions, and no more than that.
Welcome, and how to use this course
Video4 min
What a language model is, without the maths
Video11 min
Where the confident wrong answers come from
Reading8 min
Check yourself: how these tools behave
Quiz4 min
Where it fits in a real business
The jobs that are worth handing over, and the ones that will waste your time.
The four jobs AI is genuinely good at
Video14 min
Find the admin in your own week
Exercise20 min
Where it will waste your money
Video12 min
Judging tools and staying out of trouble
How to assess a tool, and the risks that actually apply to a business your size.
Six questions to ask any AI vendor
Video13 min
Privacy, client data and where things are stored
Video10 min
Vendor assessment checklist
Resource3 min