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AI Models Demystified

Understand what AI models are, how they learn, the major types (LLM, embedding, vision, multimodal, diffusion), and how to choose the right model and provider for any task.

"For this SaaS chatbot, I'd use Claude Haiku with RAG — here's why and what I'd test first"

3 Interactive Sessions

Short, interactive sessions — watch it work, steer it, then build it yourself. Go deeper anytime with the full code walkthrough.

  1. 1

    How an AI model works — and how it learned

    It guesses the next word — and it learned those guesses by reading.

  2. 2

    There isn’t one “AI” — there’s a toolbox

    Different jobs need different model types — and each comes in versions that trade off.

  3. 3

    Pick the right model — and prove it

    Name the task, the hard constraints, shortlist, pick, justify — then watch your pick work.

Production patterns you'll master

Model SelectionProvider ComparisonBenchmark EvaluationCost OptimizationModel Routing

Synthetic data included

  • Tokenizer demos
  • Training logs (CSV)
  • Model benchmarks
  • Provider pricing data
  • Real-world scenarios

What you walk away with

Shareable portfolio

A public URL showing your module timeline, patterns mastered, and completion status.

All the code

Download everything as a ZIP — pipelines, guardrails, deployment configs. Yours forever.

Module walkthrough

Each module documented with deliverables and the production pattern you implemented.

Ready to build your ai models demystified?

First course free. $20 per course after that.