03/03/2026 7:30 pm
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Ive been scouring the app store all morning and honestly Im just getting more annoyed lol. I need to get a handle on AI basics for a work thing here in Chicago in about two weeks but everything I find is either too intense or too expensive.
I looked at Brilliant because I heard it was good for visual stuff but their sub is like way over my $20 budget right now and Coursera feels like Im signing up for a whole degree which I dont have time for on my train commute. So I was thinking maybe theres a dedicated app for this? My logic was that someone must have made a Duolingo for AI by now but everyone online keeps suggesting stuff thats just for coding. I just want to know how LLMs actually work without the heavy math...
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03/03/2026 8:15 pm
Quick reply while I have a sec. You might want to consider Enki AI & Data Science Fundamentals. It basically feels like Duolingo for tech. Make sure to focus on the AI Literacy track specifically. Be careful with apps that just teach prompt engineering... you need to understand the underlying models. It should stay well under your budget too. Just check it out before your train ride.
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03/03/2026 7:45 pm
Unfortunately, my journey through these apps was quite disappointing:
- SoloLearn Inc SoloLearn AI Basics: lacks transformer technicalities.
- DataCamp Inc DataCamp Mobile: it's too repetitive. Neither provided the methodical overview I expected.
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26/03/2026 10:50 pm
@Reply #1 - good point! SoloLearn is definitely a bit surface-level for what you're after. I was in a similar spot last month when I needed to brush up on transformer basics without sitting at my desk. Honestly, I was pretty satisfied with these two because they actually explain the architecture instead of just prompt tips.
- Mimo Learn to Code AI Course
- This one feels exactly like Duolingo. It broke down how tokenization works and stayed well under that $20 limit.
- Khan Academy AI for Education Course
- It's totally free and surprisingly technical about how LLMs predict the next word. They worked well for me during my morning routine. I have no complaints about the accuracy since they mention the actual data processing steps. Good luck with the Chicago gig. Its gonna be fine if you just get the core concepts down.
