How I'd Learn AI From Zero in 2026 (the full free course)
Jake Van Clief · 10,400 words · 52 min read · EN

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Over 50,000 people have joined my free AI community. It's sitting at five stars from over a 100red reviews and this is the course they all start with. All 11 lessons start to finish in one video and it's free. People come in having watched dozens of AI gurus and finally get from learning mode to actually building. One
member built a tool for tracking how his team follows their procedures and it worked straight away. And one review literally says, "If you're wondering whether the five stars are just people being nice, they aren't." [music] So, here's what you're getting. You'll go from your first AI chat to skills to an AI working right inside your own
folders and then building it all around your actual work. Now, every lesson has a page that goes with it. So, the steps written out, the setup links, the homework, and the practice folders I use in these videos. And all of that lives in the free school community links right below. You can track your progress in
there, post what you're building, and get feedback from people working on the same stuff, which honestly is where most of the learning happens. And when I mention history and concepts or live lessons, those are sections in there, too. All right, let's start. [music] All right, this is foundations and this is the start here video. So, in the next
few minutes, I'm going to tell you what this course actually gets you, what you need before you start, which is honestly not much, and where you should jump in. Because depending on where you're at, you might not need to start at the beginning at all. So, most people use AI like a really smart search bar, right?
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