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Today's lessonPart 6: What Comes Next · DAY 59 · Nov 4, 2026
Which pieces of a robot have AI inside? — Robots and AI
Robots didn't turn into AI, AI went into the robot's first three pieces.
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Part 1: What AI Is
DAY 01–10 · 10/10 openDAY 01 · OpenHow does AI talk?DAY 02 · OpenWhat's a token, the 'piece' AI talks in?DAY 03 · OpenWhy does AI answer differently every time?DAY 04 · OpenWhat does it mean for AI to 'learn' something?DAY 05 · OpenJust how big is this number? — Getting a feel for parametersDAY 06 · OpenWhy does AI calmly make up facts? — HallucinationDAY 07 · OpenWhy does AI forget what you just said? — Memory limitsDAY 08 · OpenWhy does changing one question change the whole answer? — PromptsDAY 09 · OpenIs a bigger model always better? — Big models, small modelsDAY 10 · OpenCould this AI fit on my laptop? — Open and closed models
Part 2: How We Got Here
DAY 11–20 · 10/10 openDAY 11 · OpenWhere did AI start? — 1958: the neuron that learnsDAY 12 · OpenWhy did AI freeze over twice? — Two AI wintersDAY 13 · OpenOne photo contest flipped the whole game — 2012: deep learning comes backDAY 14 · OpenThe words in a sentence started looking at each other — 2017: the TransformerDAY 15 · OpenWhy did just making it bigger give it new skills? — 2020: GPT-3DAY 16 · OpenA chat window, not the model, changed the world? — 2022: ChatGPTDAY 17 · OpenWhy write out the work instead of answering right away? — Thinking before answeringDAY 18 · OpenIs grabbing a calculator when you don't know the smarter move? — AI that uses toolsDAY 19 · OpenHow do photos and sounds get to stand next to words? — AI that sees and hearsDAY 20 · OpenWhy are there so many AIs you can use now? — Everyone's model race
Part 3: What It Can Do
DAY 21–35 · 15/15 openDAY 21 · OpenWhen AI squeezes 20 pages into three lines, what does it throw out? — SummarizingDAY 22 · OpenWhy is 'You're taking my hair' a mistranslation? — TranslationDAY 23 · OpenWriting homework: how much do you hand over, and where do you take over? — Writing helperDAY 24 · OpenIf code comes out when you describe it, why doesn't it end there? — CodingDAY 25 · OpenThe more detail you give, the more the picture looks like your idea? — Making picturesDAY 26 · OpenHow many dots are in one second of video? — Making videosDAY 27 · OpenHow does your phone write down what you say? — VoiceDAY 28 · OpenSearch box vs asking AI: what actually changes? — How is it different from search?DAY 29 · OpenResearch for a graded class project: how much can you hand to AI? — ResearchDAY 30 · OpenStuck on a problem: get just the answer, or the steps? — Study helperDAY 31 · OpenTurning 100 survey sheets into a graph: what comes first? — Tables and dataDAY 32 · OpenPresentation prep: which parts are AI's, and which are yours? — Preparing a presentationDAY 33 · OpenWhy are some answers boring and others off-the-wall? — Coming up with ideasDAY 34 · OpenYou've got a big job: where do you even start? — Making a planDAY 35 · OpenIf it can finish a job on its own, how much can you hand it? — Handing over a whole task
Part 4: What to Watch Out For
DAY 36–45 · 10/10 openDAY 36 · OpenIs it OK to put this into AI? — Protecting your informationDAY 37 · OpenWhy did the meaning of "copying" get shaky? — CopyrightDAY 38 · OpenIs this video real? — DeepfakesDAY 39 · OpenIs someone missing from this answer? — Bias in AIDAY 40 · OpenWhere did I stop and AI start? — Saying when AI made itDAY 41 · OpenIf AI does it all, what's left for you? — Homework and AI: where's the lineDAY 42 · OpenCan you trust this story? — Fake newsDAY 43 · OpenWhat if a call comes in your family's voice? — AI scamsDAY 44 · OpenHow much should you hand over? — Not leaning on it too muchDAY 45 · OpenDoes every AI follow the same rules? — AI has laws too
Part 5: Looking Inside
DAY 46–55 · 10/10 openDAY 46 · OpenWhat's inside an AI if you open it up? — Neural networksDAY 47 · OpenWhere should a word look to get its meaning? — AttentionDAY 48 · OpenHow does a computer understand the word 'apple'? — Meaning as numbersDAY 49 · OpenWhich of two sentences is closer? — Finding similar thingsDAY 50 · OpenWhat happens when you ask AI something it doesn't know? — Open-book answersDAY 51 · OpenCan you teach a fully trained AI one extra job? — Extra training (fine-tuning)DAY 52 · OpenGiven two answers, which one would a person score higher? — Humans scoring answersDAY 53 · OpenHow did graphics cards made for gaming become the heart of AI? — GPUsDAY 54 · OpenHow much electricity does it take to ask AI one question? — Data centers and electricityDAY 55 · OpenCan your phone run AI all on its own? — AI on your phone
Part 6: What Comes Next
DAY 56–60 · 4/5 openDAY 56 · OpenIs AGI already here, or still far off? — The AGI debateDAY 57 · OpenWill my job disappear completely? — AI and jobsDAY 58 · OpenWho teaches AI to say 'no'? — AI safetyDAY 59 · TodayWhich pieces of a robot have AI inside? — Robots and AI
DAY 60 · Next · Nov 5So what should I get ready for? — The order of learning