# AI Foundations

### About this export

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| **content_type** | lesson |
| **platform** | contentstack-academy |
| **source_url** | https://www.contentstack.com/academy/courses/ai-foundations/introduction |
| **course_slug** | ai-foundations |
| **lesson_slug** | introduction |
| **markdown_file_url** | /academy/md/courses/ai-foundations/introduction.md |
| **generated_at** | 2026-05-18T10:08:42.392Z |

> Part of **[AI Foundations](https://www.contentstack.com/academy/courses/ai-foundations)** on Contentstack Academy. **Academy MD v3** — structured for retrieval; no quiz or assessment keys.

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#### Video details

#### At a glance

- **Title:** Introduction
- **Duration:** 3m 10s
- **Media link:** https://cdn.jwplayer.com/previews/PUvNP1jb
- **Publish date (unix):** 1714402846

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#### Video transcript

Here's the thing, artificial intelligence is a transformative technology. If you've played around with any of the new generative AI tools, you know that I'm not exaggerating when I say AI will truly change not only the way that we work, but it will have a profound effect on the way that we live. And because of this, there's an enormous amount of excitement. But with that excitement, there's equal amounts of unease, apprehension, and nervousness. Welcome to this brief introduction to artificial intelligence. In this course, we'll talk about the latest AI innovations like ChatGPT, Google Gemini, and others. We'll explore tools that enable us to create fresh content, be it text or code, or even images, audio, and video. We'll walk through what these tools excel at, what their limitations are, and the reasons behind those constraints. However, understanding the newest tools requires a peek into the past. And while these innovations feel like they came to fruition seemingly overnight, they didn't. They're the culmination of decades of work in the AI space. So we'll spend some time talking about what work has been done in the past to better understand where we are today. Along the way, we'll unpack concepts and terminology related to AI, like machine learning, deep learning, neural networks, large language models, foundation models, and more. And importantly, we'll clarify their significance. Understanding these terms that you've undoubtedly have come across will lay a foundation of understanding and set context, allowing you to really grasp what AI's role is and its potential to transform. We'll explore its implications for businesses and projects. And while we'll look at it in that context, make no mistake, AI affects us all, regardless of our roles, and its influence is only set to grow. Fear not, this isn't a technical deep dive, rather an overview to better understand how to practically use AI. So let's begin by tackling a basic question that seems simple, yet is anything but. What is Artificial Intelligence?

#### Key takeaways

- Connect **AI Foundations** back to your stack configuration before moving to the next module.
- Capture one concrete artifact (screenshot, Postman call, or code snippet) that proves the step works in your environment.
- Re-read the delivery versus management boundary for anything you changed in the entry model.

## Supplement for indexing

### Content summary

AI Foundations. AI Foundations in AI Foundations (ai-foundations).

### Retrieval tags

- Foundations
- ai-foundations
- lesson 01
- AI Foundations
- ai-foundations lesson

### Indexing notes

Index this lesson as a primary chunk tagged with lesson_id "01" and topics: [Foundations].
Parent course slug: ai-foundations. Use asset_references URLs as thumbnail hints in search results when present.
Never surface LMS quiz content or assessment answers from this file.

### Asset references

| Label | URL |
| --- | --- |
| Video thumbnail: AI Foundations | `https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/PUvNP1jb/poster.jpg?width=720` |

### External links

| Label | URL |
| --- | --- |
| Contentstack Academy home | `https://www.contentstack.com/academy/` |
| Training instance setup | `https://www.contentstack.com/academy/training-instance` |
| Academy playground (GitHub) | `https://github.com/contentstack/contentstack-academy-playground` |
| Contentstack documentation | `https://www.contentstack.com/docs/` |