Module 2: How AI actually works — Most people use AI completely wrong. I'll show you exactly what happens under the hood.
- YouTube recommendations are manually curated by human editors rather than an AI system predicting what you want to see next.
- False — YouTube uses an AI system that connects what you watch to predict what you'll want to see next.
- Google Search is powered by a math engine that instantly sorts billions of websites to find the best answer.
- True — Google relies completely on an AI math engine, not human sorting.
- Social Media feeds use unseen code that tracks behaviors and decides whose posts you see when scrolling.
- True — These feeds take in information, spot patterns, and make decisions without human help.
- Keyboard Autocorrect on your phone relies completely on a basic dictionary without using AI to read your typing context.
- False — Keyboard Autocorrect uses AI to evaluate your typing context before fixing spelling.
- With Traditional AI, you were essentially the 'Passenger' because the algorithm was making the decisions in the background.
- True — Traditional AI ran silently in the background; you were just along for the ride.
- Generative AI is different because the AI acts as the driver, creating whatever it wants without your input.
- False — With Generative AI, YOU are in the driver's seat giving direct commands.
- Generative AI tools are described as 'blank canvases waiting directly for your instructions.'
- True — They aren't locked away doing invisible jobs; they wait for your direct input.
- While Generative AI can write text, it is incapable of analyzing or fixing broken formulas in a spreadsheet.
- False — You can instantly command it to find out why formulas are broken and rewrite them to run faster.
- The ultimate power shift of Generative AI is that you are no longer just consuming content; you are actively commanding the machine to do your heavy lifting.
- True — This is the core difference—you have moved from consumer to commander.