Wasser AI
How AI actually works.
Five short modules. No math. No history. Just the mental model business professionals need to use AI well — and to know when it's about to burn them.
The core curriculum
~15 min eachWhat is a language model?
The actual mechanism — predicting the next token — explained without math or jargon. Includes the 3-min video.
How LLMs actually work
Context window, inference, temperature, hallucination — four concepts that change how you prompt.
The AI landscape in 2026
Who's building what. The major model families, their tradeoffs, and what the labs are racing toward.
Limits & failure modes
What AI can't do, what it does badly, and the failure modes that cost real money. Honest.
Key concepts glossary
The vocabulary that lets you read AI news without getting lost. Plus a hands-on first agentic prompt.
Done with Foundations? Pick the next pillar.
Tools shows you which AI to use when. Workflows walks through the systems built on top of them.
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