AI for Beginners
Understand AI from scratch
Dr. Adaeze Okonkwo
AI Researcher & Lead Instructor
Last updated 30 Aug 2026
What you will learn
- Explain what artificial intelligence is — and is not
- Describe how machine learning models are trained
- Recognise the main types of AI and where each is used
- Use mainstream AI tools deliberately rather than by trial and error
- Judge when an AI answer should not be trusted
Course content
6 sections · 25 lessons · 3h 28m
- Welcome to the coursePreview3m 34s
- How to get the most from this course5m 31s
- A very short history of AI8m 06s
Requirements
- A computer or phone with internet access
- No prior AI or coding knowledge
About this course
Artificial intelligence stops being intimidating once you can see what it actually does. This course starts from zero — no maths degree, no programming background — and walks you through what AI is, how modern systems learn, where they fail, and how to use today's tools well. You will finish able to explain AI clearly, evaluate an AI tool honestly, and build a small project of your own.
Your instructor
Dr. Adaeze Okonkwo
AI Researcher & Lead Instructor
3 courses on Skaibot Hub
Machine learning researcher with 12 years teaching AI fundamentals to first-time learners. Former lecturer at the University of Lagos.
Learner reviews
4.8
2.1K ratings
Breakdown of 6 written reviews
- 5 ★3
- 4 ★3
- 3 ★0
- 2 ★0
- 1 ★0
- DO
Daniel Obi
Great structure. The quizzes at the end of each section really make the material stick.
- ZY
Zainab Yusuf
Exactly the course I needed. Clear, well paced, and nothing is hand-waved.
- KA
Kelvin Adeyemi
I have tried three other courses on this topic and abandoned all of them. I finished this one.
- DO
David Otieno
Practical from the first lesson. I was building something by day two.
- BP
Blessing Paul
The AI tutor answering questions inside the lesson is genuinely useful, not a gimmick.
- NU
Ngozi Uche
Practical from the first lesson. I was building something by day two.