History of AI
80 years of hype vs. reality. No code, just the story.
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Free, friendly lessons from your first line of Python to how AI actually works. Real models run right here in your browser. No signup, no install.
AI is a whole operating system, not one app.
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Two ways in
Every topic has a plain-English version and an under-the-hood version. Pick whichever fits today.
Plain-English track
No code, no jargon. Start with 80 years of AI history and why the robots still aren't coming.
Start with the historyUnder-the-hood track
Python, NumPy, PyTorch and ONNX. Read and run the notebook behind every demo.
Browse the codeOpen a lesson
From zero to AI in four stages. Follow them in order or jump to whatever you're curious about.
01Start here
Python basics
Variables, lists, functions. Never coded? Start here.
02Classic machine learning
ML basics
NumPy, Pandas and the shape of data.
Teach a machine
Supervised learning: learning from labelled examples.
Find hidden groups
Clustering data nobody labelled.
Why Netflix knows you
How recommendation systems pick for you.
03Deep learning
Neural networks
Layers of tiny maths passing notes.
How computers see
Pictures are just numbers. Colour demo.
Predicting tomorrow
Forecasting with time series and LSTMs.
04Language, generative & adversarial AI
Fancy autocomplete
From word vectors to language models.
How ChatGPT writes
Be the language model, then build a baby GPT.
How to fool an AI
Adversarial examples, prompt injection and defences.
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I research AI and make videos explaining it in plain English, because understanding something is the best cure for being scared of it.