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AI for Beginners: Use Agents With Confidence (Quiz)

Sarah Jane Ross
AI for Beginners: Use Agents With Confidence Sarah Jane Ross 13:30
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Course Contents

Overview
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  • The Parts of an AI System 03:31
    Models and Harnesses 03:41
    What a Model Knows 04:13
    The Model's Limits 02:43
    Context and Memory 02:40
    The Agent Loop 02:38
    Request, Chat, and Agent 02:20
  • Where Is Your Agent Working? 03:53
    What It Can Touch, and Who It Acts As 02:54
    What Gets Sent, and Who Sees It 02:29
    Hidden Instructions: Prompt Injection 03:00
  • Asking Well 03:32
    Usage, Limits, and Tokens 02:50
    Long Conversations and Starting Fresh 03:00
    Subagents 02:46
    Agents That Keep Working When You Leave 02:34
  • Skills 03:20
    Making Your Own Skills 03:04
    APIs and Other Models 02:32
  • When the Result Is Wrong: Four Questions 02:10
    Habits for Checking Results 02:51
    You're Still the Thinker 03:12
  • Words You'll Hear 01:46
    AI for Beginners: Use Agents With Confidence (Quiz) 13:30
    Wrap-Up and Two Exits 01:58

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