Applied AI

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Season 1 recap

S1 E12 Recap · 15 slides · 9 October 2026

  1. Slide 1 of 15, Cover.
  2. Slide 2 of 15, Pop quiz.
  3. Slide 3 of 15, Pop quiz.
  4. Slide 4 of 15, Episode guide.
  5. Slide 5 of 15, Act 1.
  6. Slide 6 of 15, Act 2.
  7. Slide 7 of 15, Act 3.
  8. Slide 8 of 15, Callback.
  9. Slide 9 of 15, Myth vs measured.
  10. Slide 10 of 15, Where it breaks.
  11. Slide 11 of 15, Behind the scenes.
  12. Slide 12 of 15, Save this.
  13. Slide 13 of 15, For leaders.
  14. Slide 14 of 15, Decision rule.
  15. Slide 15 of 15, Series map.

Lesson notes

Eleven episodes on how LLMs work in one place: the numbers that surprised, the eleven rules worth keeping, and one rule for the whole season.

Decision rule

Send the model what it needs, verify what it returns, and trust a measured rate over any single answer.

Ideas in this lesson

  • Measuring, not quoting

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