B-Squared TechnologiesAI Basics

A free course from B-Squared Technologies

Understand AI.
No jargon, no math.

Nine short lessons that explain what AI actually is, how it works, and how to get genuinely good results from it. Written for regular people, with interactive demos you can poke at, not walls of theory.

A small business owner working with an AI chat assistant on a laptop in a bright workshop

The lessons

  1. 01What AI actually isNo math, no jargon. What's really happening when ChatGPT answers you.
  2. 02How AI is trainedHow a computer program goes from reading the internet to holding a conversation.
  3. 03Model differences and harnessesWhy there are so many AI models, how they differ, and what a harness does.
  4. 04The tool landscapeChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Copilot. What's free, what's paid, where to start.
  5. 05Everyday promptingThe difference between an okay answer and a great one is how you ask.
  6. 06Tokens, context, and system promptsWhy AI charges by the word-piece, forgets long chats, and follows hidden instructions.
  7. 07How AI builds imagesFrom pure noise to a finished picture. How image generators actually work.
  8. 08Image prompting keywordsWords like 'hyper realistic' and 'cinematic' change everything. See it live.
  9. 09Trust and limitsWhen AI makes things up, how to catch it, and what you shouldn't paste into a chatbot.