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AI Foundations: A hands-on workshop for everyday innovators. Learn. Practice. Build. Use.

Full-day in-person

One day. One small AI helper. Yours.

A seven-hour, in-person workshop for people new to AI. You leave with a small AI helper for a task you repeat, on your tool or one we help you choose.

Want three focused hours instead? See the short course. Need it tailored? See Custom.

Built and taught by

Michael Jones

Founder, lead instructor · Marion, Indiana

James Weaver

Co-trainer for groups of 13 or more · Greater Indianapolis

  • Java Champion · JavaOne Rockstar
  • Quantum Developer Advocate
  • Author of Inside Java, Beginning J2EE, the Pro JavaFX series, and Java with Raspberry Pi

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The day

  1. 9:00 - 12:00

    Morning: first principles to your first AI tool

    AI literacy from zero. How the model works at a working-knowledge level. Framing prompts. Naming the regulatory floor before we touch tools. By lunch, everyone has the shape of their AI tool on paper.

  2. 12:00 - 1:00

    Lunch

    Bring your own, or have us bring it as an add-on. Allergy and diet preferences captured at booking. Informal conversation, no deck.

  3. 1:00 - 4:00

    Afternoon: build, test, use

    Everyone sets up a small AI helper for a task they repeat, ready to use right away. Live coaching as you build. Capstone share-out and feedback round before we close the day.

2 to 20 people · Onsite at your location

See your price in about a minute.

The calculator adds travel and optional lunch, and you can send yourself the estimate.

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Before you sign up

Do I need technical skills to learn AI?
No. If you can write an email, you can learn to use AI well; the training assumes no prior experience.