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AI Essentials for Professionals

A short, focused course on the AI tools that matter right now — what they are good at, where they fall short, and how to use them well in your day-to-day work.

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What you’ll learn

  • Understand how AI assistants work in plain language
  • Write prompts that get useful answers
  • Fact-check and refine AI output
  • Pick the right tool for each task

Curriculum

  1. Module 1AI, explained simply
    • What AI can and cannot do
    • The tools landscape
  2. Module 2Prompting that works
    • Clear asks
    • Giving context
    • Iterating on answers
  3. Module 3AI on the job
    • Email and docs
    • Research and summaries
    • Privacy and ethics
    • Your AI toolkit

Questions

Is this different from Tech Skills Match?
Yes — this is a short primer focused only on AI tools. Tech Skills Match is the full skills-mapping program.
Do I need paid AI tools?
No. Every lesson works with free versions of popular tools.