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Teach a Machine

Train your own AI by teaching it to recognize pictures, just like teaching a friend! Watch your machine learn from examples and make predictions.

20 modules·Difficulty: ★★★☆☆· 5 Free
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Modules

  • 1
    Free8 min
    What Does It Mean to Teach?
    Discover how teaching a friend is like teaching a machine—show examples until they get it! 🎓
  • 2
    Free9 min
    Machines That Learn from Pictures
    Meet AI that recognizes cats, dogs, and more by looking at thousands of photos.
  • 3
    Free10 min
    Labels Are Like Name Tags
    Learn why every picture needs a label so the machine knows what it's looking at.
  • 4
    Free7 min
    Collecting Your First Dataset
    Gather pictures and sort them into groups—this is how training begins!
  • 5
    Free11 min
    Three Magic Labels
    Pick three fun categories and label images for each—your machine's first lesson.
  • 6
    Paid10 min
    Patterns Machines See
    Explore how AI spots colors, shapes, and edges to tell pictures apart.
  • 7
    Paid12 min
    Training Time: Feeding Examples
    Watch your model gobble up labeled images and start learning patterns.
  • 8
    Paid9 min
    Prediction Power
    Test your trained machine with a new picture and see if it guesses correctly!
  • 9
    Paid11 min
    Accuracy Detective
    Measure how many guesses your model gets right and why some are wrong.
  • 10
    Paid10 min
    When Machines Get Confused
    Discover tricky pictures that fool even smart models and learn why.
  • 11
    Paid12 min
    More Data, Better Brain
    Add more labeled images and watch accuracy climb—practice makes perfect!
  • 12
    Paid11 min
    Balanced Training Sets
    Learn why each label needs roughly the same number of pictures for fairness.
  • 13
    Paid10 min
    Testing vs. Training
    Keep some pictures secret so you can quiz your model on brand-new examples.
  • 14
    Paid9 min
    Real-World Classifier
    Build a mini app that sorts objects in your room using your trained model.
  • 15
    Paid12 min
    Speed vs. Smarts
    Discover why bigger models are smarter but slower, and choose what fits your task.
  • 16
    Paid11 min
    Classroom Challenge Deployment
    Share your classifier with classmates and see how it performs on their pictures.
  • 17
    Paid10 min
    Ethical Training Choices
    Learn why fair labels and respectful images matter when teaching machines.
  • 18
    Paid12 min
    Improving Your Model
    Refine labels, fix mistakes, and retrain—turn a good model into a great one.
  • 19
    Paid11 min
    Celebrate Your AI Journey
    Reflect on how you taught a machine from scratch and imagine future projects.
  • 20
    Final exam15 min
    Machine Teaching Mastery Exam
    Prove you can train, test, and deploy AI models by answering questions about your journey.