AI Is Everywhere (And You Barely Notice)

Open your phone. Scroll your feed. Ask Siri something. Every single one of those actions involves AI making decisions for you. Your recommendation algorithm on TikTok or YouTube is an AI that learns what keeps you watching. Your camera's portrait mode uses AI to blur the background. Even your keyboard predicting your next word -- that is a tiny AI model running locally on your device.

Here is what most people miss: AI is not one thing. It is a broad term for software that can learn from data and make decisions. Some AI is simple, like a spam filter sorting your email. Some AI is wildly complex, like the systems behind self-driving cars processing millions of data points per second. The common thread is that these systems get better with more data -- and you generate data every time you tap, swipe, or search.

Shopping apps use AI to set prices that change in real time based on demand. Games use AI to adjust difficulty so you stay in the sweet spot between bored and frustrated. Spotify's Discover Weekly playlist is built by an AI that compares your listening habits to millions of other users. The point is not that AI is scary. The point is that understanding how it works gives you power over it instead of the other way around. This course is about getting that power.