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AI Essentials

A practical introduction to artificial intelligence, how it works, what it can do, and where it fits into everyday work.

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Why we made this

AI is quickly becoming part of how we work, create, research, and make decisions. You don’t need a technical background to understand it. This program gives you the foundation to use AI confidently, recognize its limitations, and make smarter choices about where it belongs in your work.

Courses

1
AI Without the HypeAn honest, sector-grounded course on generative AI for people who work with survivors. Eight short units — roughly four to five hours of learner time — for staff at Children's Advocacy Centers, domestic violence and sexual assault programs, victim services, and prevention-education organizations. You'll learn what generative AI actually is, what it's good at, what it fakes, the twenty or so words you'll actually meet at work, how to read AI marketing like a skeptic, why VAWA / FVPSA / VOCA confidentiality collides with mainstream chatbots, where AI genuinely helps this sector, who gets hurt when it's wrong, and how to decide for your own work. No fear framing. No paid tools required. No survivor role-play.
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Prompting That Actually WorksMost people copy prompt lists from the internet and wonder why the results feel inconsistent. This course teaches you the five building blocks behind every prompt that works, so you can write your own from scratch and fix them when they don't.
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AI Harm Is Everyone's Business: The Supply Chain CompanionAI-generated child sexual abuse material is a supply chain problem. This course maps every link, from the model that generates the image to the investigator who acts on it, and shows you exactly where your organization fits.