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Module 1

Understanding generative AI, without the jargon

Know what an AI does, and does not do, before you trust it with anything. No prior knowledge is required: not ChatGPT, not Claude, nothing else.

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Your path through this module

  1. 1Lesson 1 : What generative AI is, and your first successful exchange
  2. 2Lesson 2 : What AI does badly: made-up facts, dates, calculations, overconfidence
  3. 3Lesson 3 : Your data: what is sent, what stays, the settings
  4. 4Lesson 4 : Chat, give files, delegate, let it act: 4 levels of use
  5. 5Lesson 5 : Free or paid: reading a plan and planning your budget
  6. Final quiz

The lessons

  1. Lesson 1, 30 to 45 minDoneNext lessonWhat generative AI is, and your first successful exchange
  2. Lesson 2, 30 to 40 minDoneNext lessonWhat AI does badly: made-up facts, dates, calculations, overconfidence
  3. Lesson 3, 30 to 40 minDoneNext lessonYour data: what is sent, what stays, the settings
  4. Lesson 4, 30 minDoneNext lessonChat, give files, delegate, let it act: 4 levels of use
  5. Lesson 5, 30 minDoneNext lessonFree or paid: reading a plan and planning your budget

Benefit

Know what an AI does, and does not do, before you trust it with anything. No prior knowledge is required: not ChatGPT, not Claude, nothing else.

By the end, you will be able to

  • explain in your own words what a language model and a chatbot are;
  • tell apart 4 ways of using AI: chatting, giving files, handing a task to an agent, letting an AI act on the computer;
  • spot a made-up answer by questioning the AI on a subject you know well;
  • say what is sent to the provider, and set your privacy settings;
  • read a pricing page without getting it wrong.

Demonstration

One question asked to a chatbot: a useful answer, then a mistake spotted live on a well-known subject.

Exercise and result

The “my assistant’s ID sheet” (chosen tool, plan, privacy setting, 3 things I never share with it), plus a first verified exchange about a real need from your week.

Starting point for all the paths. To go further for free: the course “Objectif IA” (OpenClassrooms, in French) and the Anthropic Academy courses (in English).