Artificial Intelligence Fundamentals
Practical, beginner-level learning for using AI tools at work safely and well — from choosing use cases to checking outputs and measuring real value.
Who it's for
Professionals and teams beginning to use AI tools in daily work. For leadership-level AI governance, see Cybersecurity for Executives.
Learning outcomes
- Select AI use cases that are useful, low-risk and easy to check
- Write clear prompts and verify outputs against reliable sources
- Recognise hallucinations and other unreliable output
- Keep confidential and personal data out of tools that should not receive it
- Measure time and quality honestly, including review and rework
Curriculum
What the course covers.
- 01
Choosing use cases
Where AI helps, where it doesn't, and how to start with tasks whose results you can check.
- 02
Prompts and source checks
Writing clear instructions, giving context and asking for sources you then verify yourself.
- 03
Evaluating output
Spotting hallucinations, outdated or invented references and confident-sounding errors.
- 04
Confidential data
What should never be pasted into an AI tool, and how to work with approved tools instead.
- 05
Permissions
Understanding what connected AI tools can access and why least privilege still applies.
- 06
Human review
Deciding who checks which outputs before they are used, sent or published.
- 07
Safe pilots
Running a small, bounded trial with clear rules, an owner and an end date.
- 08
Measuring value
Recording time saved and quality achieved — counting review and rework time, not just drafting speed.
Delivery options
Choose how you'd like to learn.
These are the formats we propose for this course. Availability confirmed on enquiry; availability and duration are always confirmed on enquiry.
On completion you receive Kagi course participation, not a third-party certification.
Live online
Real-time classes with a practitioner, in a small group, from wherever you work. Schedule agreed together.
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Delivered privately to your organisation, online or in person, with content tuned to your context.
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