1.1: The AI Landscape: AI, ML, NLP and GenAI Demystified | AI Fluency | Padantey Academy

Most people use AI like a search engine. This course teaches you to use it like a power tool. AI Fluency is a structured, hands-on course covering everything you need to go from AI beginner to confident prompt engineer, without writing a single line of code. Across 11 modules and 45 videos, you'll build a deep understanding of how large language models actually work, master every major prompting technique from zero-shot to agentic AI, and learn to apply them across real domains like business, marketing, coding, and research. You won't just watch, every module comes with live exercises designed to build genuine skill, not just familiarity. By the end, you'll have completed hands-on projects, built reusable prompt systems, and developed the kind of AI fluency that makes you more effective in whatever work you already do. What you'll learn: How LLMs work under the hood · Core and advanced prompting techniques · Tone, style, and audience calibration · Detecting and reducing AI hallucinations · System prompt design · Comparing and choosing AI tools · Image and multimodal prompting · Ethics and responsible AI use · Agentic AI and no-code automation. Resources: https://drive.google.com/drive/folder... ⏱️ Timestamps 0:00 Intro & Curriculum 2:20 Watch from website or app 3:52 Module 1 - The Intelligent Machine 4:14 What are we going to learn? 5:50 Take notes 6:34 AI vs ML vs Deep Leaning 15:24 What NLP is and why language is the hardest AI problem 22:11 Generative vs. Discriminative AI 27:21 Why 2023-2025 was an inflection point 36:09 Exercise 38:48 Outro 🌐 Linktree: https://linktr.ee/padanteyacademy 💬 Join the Community Got questions or stuck somewhere? Drop a comment, we reply and help you out. 📢 About Padantey Academy We’re on a mission to make high-quality IT education free and accessible. Learn real skills, build real projects, and unlock real opportunities with Padantey Academy. #ai #aifluency #courses #computerscience #padanteyacademy