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AI System Design for Curious Beginners

Build a mental model for modern AI products — from LLMs to real AI applications.

4.8 (sample rating) Created by Adam Caldwell
Beginner 30 lessons 9h 12m Updated May 2026 English
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This course includes

  • 9h 12m of on-demand content
  • 30 lessons across 10 sections
  • 30 articles
  • Access on mobile and desktop
  • Certificate of completion
  • Lifetime access

What you'll learn

Understand how modern AI systems are built and deployed
Learn the core building blocks of AI-powered applications
Explore data, models, and inference without heavy math
Reason about cost, latency, and quality trade-offs
Sketch simple architectures for real AI use cases
Build the vocabulary to work confidently alongside AI teams
Curriculum

Course content

10 sections · 30 lessons · 9h 12m

What is Artificial Intelligence? Preview 18 min
Understanding AI System Design 16 min
Types of AI Systems 16 min

Understanding Data in AI 16 min
Data Collection & Cleaning 18 min
Data Pipelines (Concept-Only) 16 min

How AI Models Learn (Without the Math) 18 min

What Are Large Language Models? 18 min
Why LLMs Feel Smart 18 min
Choosing the Right AI Model: Costs, Tradeoffs, and the Players 20 min

Prompt Fundamentals 18 min
Advanced Prompting Techniques 20 min
Prompt Debugging 18 min

AI Application Components 18 min
Try an AI in a Playground 16 min
Vector Databases & Embeddings 20 min

Introduction to RAG 18 min
Chunking & Embeddings 18 min
Building a RAG Application (No-Code) 22 min

AI Agents Basics 18 min
Tool Use & Function Calling 18 min
Multi-Step AI Workflows 20 min
Multi-Agent Systems 20 min

Deploying AI Applications 18 min
Monitoring, Streaming & Scaling 18 min
AI Security & Safety 20 min
Responsible AI 18 min

Beginner AI Projects 18 min
Intermediate AI Projects 20 min
Industry-Level AI Systems & Final Assessment 22 min

Requirements

  • No prior AI or machine learning experience required
  • Basic comfort using a computer and the internet
  • Curiosity about how AI products actually work

Description

What you'll learn

Modern AI products feel like magic — but underneath, they are predictable systems made of recognizable parts: a frontend, a backend, a model, some data, and a handful of decisions about prompts, costs, and safety. This course teaches you to see those parts.

You will not write production code. You will sketch architectures, run prompts in playgrounds, compare models, estimate token costs, and analyze real products like ChatGPT, Perplexity, Cursor, and Notion AI. By the end you will be able to read an AI product launch and explain how it likely works, where it might break, and what it costs to run.

The 5 parts

  1. Foundations — what "AI" means in 2026, and the data that powers it.
  2. How AI Models Work — a no-math view of learning, LLMs, and picking a model.
  3. Building with AI — prompting, system architecture, and the RAG pattern.
  4. Advanced Systems — AI agents, tool use, and multi-step workflows.
  5. Production & Real Products — deploying, monitoring, securing, and staying responsible.

Who this is for

Product managers, designers, founders, students, and engineers who want a system-level mental model of modern AI — without a math or ML background. If you've used ChatGPT and wondered "how does this actually work?", this course is for you.

Format

Every lesson includes a concept walkthrough, a real-world example, a no-code activity, and a chapter quiz. A running mini-project threads through the course, ending in a capstone you can put in a portfolio.

Topics covered

ai llm prompt-engineering rag ai-agents
Your instructor
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Adam Caldwell

Author & instructor

4.8 rating 9 courses

Creates rigorous, project-based courses that prioritize shipping over watching. Reach out with feedback once you finish — that loop is half the value.

4.8 course rating · sample reviews

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Michael T.

“Phenomenal course. Complex ideas are explained with real clarity, and the projects actually reflect industry work instead of toy examples.”

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Elena R.

“Great content and very comprehensive. A few early sections move quickly, but overall it's excellent value and goes genuinely deep.”

Frequently asked questions

Yes — once you enroll, the course is yours to revisit forever. New revisions and bonus lessons are added at no extra cost.

Finish every lesson and you'll unlock a shareable certificate you can post on LinkedIn or include with job applications.

If the course isn't a fit, request a refund within 7 days of purchase — no questions asked.

Code, slides, and worksheets are downloadable on each lesson page. Videos stream from our CDN so you can watch on any device.

Each course states its level in the hero. If you're comfortable with the prerequisites listed, you're ready to start.

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