AI Capabilities and Limitations
From Anthropic Academy
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What you'll learn
You build a working mental model of how generative AI behaves, covering next token prediction, knowledge, working memory and steerability. Afterward you can look at an unexpected AI output, recognize what kind of problem it is and apply a targeted fix.
- How AI Gets Its Character
- Next Token Prediction
- Knowledge and Working Memory
- Steerability
- When Properties Collide
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Is this right for you?
- Level
- Beginner People new to this. You can start today with no experience.
- What you get
- Hands on skills you can use right away. No certificate, so the proof is what you do with it. It costs nothing to take.
- How you learn
- Online, self paced, about 3.5 hrs.
- How to use it
- Turn it into proof: use the skill on one real task at work, put the result on your résumé, and lead with that story in interviews.
- Why it's worth it
- Real skills you can put to work right away. Use them on the job, show the results, and you have a story that beats a stack of certificates.
What you will payLearning is freeNo free award is included. Any exam or certificate is a separate cost.
- Time
- About 3.5 hours, 13 lessons (Anthropic Academy listing).
- Before you start
- Free Anthropic Academy (Skilljar) account. Companion to AI Fluency: Framework & Foundations.
- How you are tested
- Online, self paced, with quiz.
- Renewal
- None stated.
- Full cost details
- $0 (course page shows 'Register | FREE').
- Where it applies
- Online; no eligibility restrictions stated.
Checked at the source Oct 13, 2026
Sources and what we verified
Skilljar course page: Register FREE ↗Anthropic Academy listing: 13 lessons, 3.5 hours ↗What we verified: Page does not show a course specific certificate (only a generic Skilljar privacy note on completion certificates), so awardType none.
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