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Learn AI by playing with it.

From what an LLM really is to workflows that sort your inbox: nineteen concepts, each one a small game you play in a few minutes, on a map you travel down. No lectures, no jargon first. You understand by doing, and you leave knowing why it matters at work.

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  • One concept, one game
  • Real models, real prompts
  • Built for Woodpecker Companions users

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You are the model.

The first game of the AI course, right here. Bet on the next word five times, and find out what an LLM really does when it writes.

Lesson · Be the Model

Next-word prediction

How it works

Every concept is a game. Every game ends on why it matters.

One concept, one game

Tokens, temperature, prompts, tools, branches: each idea is a game with its own mechanic, short enough for a coffee break. You learn it by playing with it, not by reading about it.

The value, every time

Each game ends on what you just learned and why it matters at work: the email you'll write better, the mistake you'll now catch, the job you can hand over.

A map to travel

A course is a journey through lands, one per section, with a stop for every step. Stars open the road ahead, and your XP earns you a title in each course.

Courses

Pick a land, follow the road.

Each course is a map: sections are lands, steps are stops, and every stop is a game.

AI, from the ground up

Nineteen concepts in five sections: what a model really does, how to brief it, how to give it your knowledge, how it uses tools, and how to automate a whole job with it. One game each.

19 steps

  1. 01

    Meet the machine

    What an LLM actually is, and what it isn't.

    • Be the Model
    • Token Butcher
    • The Dial
    • Fact or Fabrication
  2. 02

    Talk to it

    Prompting: getting what you meant, not what you said.

    • Prompt Lab
    • Memory Lane
    • Persona Match
    • Show, Don't Tell
  3. 03

    Give it your knowledge

    Your documents, your data, your formats.

    • Form Filler
    • Meaning Map
    • The Librarian
  4. 04

    Let it act

    Tools and agents: from talking to doing.

    • Toolbelt
    • Think, Act, Look
    • Approve or Deny
    • Dispatch
  5. 05

    Automate it

    Workflows: AI steps that run without you.

    • Plumber
    • Sorting Office
    • Clockwork
    • The Morning Brief
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