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Artificial Intelligence

Understanding AI from end to end

Its history, how it works, its tools, its economics, its risks and its future. A complete course with no technical prerequisites, to become an actor rather than a spectator.

7 modules ~74 min read Open to all, no prerequisites

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The path

Module 1 11 min

History of AIFrom its origins to today

Seventy years of research, through winters and revivals, up to the Transformer breakthrough.

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Module 2 12 min

LLMsWhat exists and how it works

Tokenisation, attention, training, alignment: how large language models work, demystified.

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Module 3 9 min

AI toolsAn overview by use case

Text, image, video, voice, code, agents, vertical tools: a map of the ecosystem organised by use.

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Module 4 10 min

The value chainAI players, from chips to applications

Where value is created and where European sovereignty is (or is not) at stake. A reading in six layers.

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Module 5 9 min

OpportunitiesWhere AI creates value and who captures it

Trillions at stake: orders of magnitude, promising sectors and a map of the players who capture the value.

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Module 6 12 min

The risks of AICognition, jobs, democracy, bias, safety, climate

A structured reading of the risks, based on recent studies and a reference library.

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Module 7 11 min

OutlookWhere AI is heading

World models, agents, humanoid robotics, AGI, geopolitics: mapping the directions ahead.

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7 modules, readable in order or separately. No unnecessary jargon, always sourced.

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