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Four modules · about 1 hourAI basicsWhat AI is, how it learns from examples, and the words used to describe it.The modules

What AI is, and what it is not
How a machine learns from examples
Neural networks without the mathematics
How a chatbot writes an answer

See the topic →Four modules · about 1½ hoursInside a modelThe numbers, layers and arithmetic inside a model, from a single unit to the transformer.The modules

Neural networks without the mathematics
What a model is
Words as numbers
The transformer

See the topic →Five modules · about 3 hoursTraining and dataHow a model learns from its training data, and what training leaves in the model.The modules

How a machine learns from examples
How a model learns
From predictor to assistant
Training data and copyright
Personal data in models

See the topic →Four modules · about 1½ hoursLanguage models and chatbotsHow text is produced, how a predictor becomes an assistant, and why answers go wrong.The modules

How a chatbot writes an answer
Does AI reason?
From predictor to assistant
Sampling, hallucination and memorisation

See the topic →Two modules · about 45 minutesUsing AI in practiceGetting dependable work from AI tools, and the ways their answers go wrong.The modules

Using an AI assistant well
The system around the model

See the topic →Two modules · about 1½ hoursAgents and systemsThe software built around a model: instructions, retrieval, tools and agents.The modules

The system around the model
Liability, agents and professional duty

See the topic →Two modules · about 1 hourTesting and transparencyHow models are tested, explained and labelled, and what each of those can show.The modules

Open weights, images and provenance
Looking inside and testing

See the topic →Four modules · about 2 hoursCopyrightTraining on protected works, the model file, and who owns what a model makes.The modules

Where AI meets the law: a map
Sampling, hallucination and memorisation
Open weights, images and provenance
Training data and copyright

See the topic →Four modules · about 2 hoursData protectionPersonal data in training sets and in models, and the rights that apply to them.The modules

Where AI meets the law: a map
The transformer
Looking inside and testing
Personal data in models

See the topic →Four modules · about 2 hoursRegulationThe EU AI Act, the approach of the United Kingdom, and the duties each one sets.The modules

What AI is, and what it is not
Where AI meets the law: a map
How a model learns
Regulating the technology

See the topic →Five modules · about 2½ hoursLiability and professional dutyWho answers for what an AI system does, and the duties of lawyers who use one.The modules

Does AI reason?
Using an AI assistant well
Where AI meets the law: a map
Regulating the technology
Liability, agents and professional duty

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LibraryGuided pathsThe three levels as optional routes through the library, each in an order that builds.The paths

Beginner, seven modules
Intermediate, six modules
Advanced, seven modules

See the paths →ReferenceGlossaryEach term of art used in the modules, explained in a sentence.Open →AboutHow the site checks its factsHow each statement is checked against its source, when pages are reviewed, and the disclaimer.Open →