Blackbox Intelligence Group

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Every module ships with a teacher guide, student worksheet, scenarios packet, quiz, answer key, and an in-browser presenter. Free preview available on the orientation modules of every track.

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AI Fluency · Module 2

AI Fluency, Unit 2: How LLMs Actually Work

Crack open the box. Tokens, embeddings, attention, training vs. inference, context windows, and why the model hallucinates - explained at a level a 10th grader can teach back.

AI Engineer

180 min · foundational

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AI Fluency · Module 3

AI Fluency, Unit 3: Prompt Engineering Fundamentals

The single highest-leverage skill in AI work. Students learn the C.R.I.S.P. prompt frame, system vs. user roles, zero-shot vs. few-shot, format control, and the iteration loop that separates 'AI is mid' from 'AI is incredible.'

AI EngineerPrompt EngineerFoundations

180 min · foundational

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AI Fluency · Module 5

AI Fluency, Unit 5: The Big LLMs - Comparing Frontier Models

Hands-on tour of the frontier: GPT, Claude, Gemini, and the open-weight challengers. Students compare strengths, context windows, pricing, safety behavior, and learn to pick the right model for the job instead of defaulting to whatever app they opened first.

AI EngineerAI Safety

180 min · intermediate

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AI Fluency · Module 6

AI Fluency, Unit 6: Local & Open-Source LLMs - Run Your Own AI

Stop being a user. Become an operator. Install Ollama or LM Studio, download Llama / Mistral / Qwen / Phi, and run a real LLM on a laptop with the wifi turned off. The unit that changes how students think about AI.

AI Engineer

240 min · intermediate

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AI Fluency · Module 7

AI Fluency, Unit 7: Retrieval, Tools, and Agents

From chatbot to product. RAG (retrieval-augmented generation) so the model has actual sources, function calling and MCP so the model can use tools, and agents that loop. Plus the honest conversation about when agents go off the rails.

AI Engineer

180 min · intermediate

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AI Fluency · Module 10

AI Fluency, Unit 10: Capstone - Build a Useful AI Tool

Put it all together. Each student ships a working AI tool that solves a real problem in their life: a local-LLM study buddy, a prompt-library product, a RAG over their notes, or an image-gen workflow. Disclose, verify, contribute - graded for real.

Network DefenderAI EngineerPrompt Engineer

240 min · applied

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