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AI for Executives — The Complete Masterclass

From the origins of artificial intelligence to agentic systems and boardroom strategy. 28 chapters. Zero jargon. All signal.
Co-Created by Kiran Shirol and Claude
7 Acts Foundations Classical ML Deep Learning Generative AI Agentic AI Landscape Strategy
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Act I

The Foundations

What AI actually is, where it came from, and the building blocks every leader needs.
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What Is AI, Really?
Strip away the hype. Understand what AI actually does — and what it doesn’t.
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A Brief History: From Turing to Today
80 years of breakthroughs, broken promises, and billion-dollar bets.
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How Machines Learn
The core mental model for training, data, models, and predictions — no math required.
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Data: The Real Competitive Advantage
Why data quality matters more than data quantity — and what “garbage in, garbage out” actually means at scale.
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Act II

Classical Machine Learning

The workhorse algorithms that still power most enterprise AI today.
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Supervised Learning: Teaching by Example
Show the system 10,000 labeled examples and it learns the pattern. This still powers 80% of enterprise AI.
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Unsupervised Learning: Finding Hidden Patterns
What if your data could organize itself? Clustering, anomaly detection, and customer segmentation.
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The ML Pipeline: Idea to Production
Building AI is 20% algorithms and 80% operational discipline. Most projects fail at the plumbing.
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ML in the Real World
Fraud detection, recommendations, demand forecasting — you’ve been using ML for years.
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Act III

The Deep Learning Revolution

When machines learned to see, hear, and read — and the infrastructure that made it possible.
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Neural Networks: Layers of Understanding
How stacking simple processing layers creates systems that recognize faces, translate languages, and diagnose diseases.
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Computer Vision: Machines That See
From pixel grids to self-driving cars. How AI processes visual information — and why it matters for every industry.
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NLP: Machines That Read
From keyword matching to understanding context and intent. The evolution that made ChatGPT possible.
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The GPU Revolution & Infrastructure
Why a gaming chip company became one of the most valuable on Earth — and what that means for AI economics.
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Act IV

The Generative AI Era

Transformers, large language models, and the technology reshaping every industry.
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The Transformer: The Breakthrough
One 2017 paper. Eight researchers. A multi-trillion-dollar industry shift.
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Large Language Models
How models like GPT and Claude are built, trained, and refined — and why “emergent abilities” surprised even their creators.
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Fine-Tuning vs. Foundation Models
Customize an existing platform or build from scratch? The strategic decision every AI investment requires.
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Prompt Engineering
How you frame the question determines the quality of the answer. The new core competency.
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Multimodal AI: Beyond Text
AI that processes images, video, audio, and text simultaneously. The convergence reshaping creative and analytical work.
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Act V

The Agentic AI Era

AI that doesn’t just answer — it plans, acts, and uses tools.
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RAG & Grounding
How to give AI access to your organization’s knowledge — and dramatically reduce hallucinations.
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AI Agents: From Chatbots to Coworkers
The evolution from Q&A bots to autonomous systems that plan, reason, and execute multi-step workflows.
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Multi-Agent Systems
When AI agents work as a coordinated team — researcher, analyst, writer, reviewer — each with a defined role.
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Act VI

The AI Landscape & Economics

Who the key players are, what it costs, and how the market is structured.
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The AI Landscape: Players & Platforms
OpenAI, Google, Anthropic, Meta, Microsoft — who does what, and the strategic implications of each.
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The Economics of AI
What it actually costs to train, deploy, and run AI systems — and how to think about ROI.
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Act VII

Strategy, Governance & The Future

From boardroom decisions to regulatory compliance to what comes next.
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AI Strategy for Business Leaders
Build, buy, or partner? Identifying high-ROI use cases and assessing organizational readiness.
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AI Talent & Organization Design
What teams you need, the Center of Excellence model, and how to upskill your existing workforce.
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AI Adoption & Change Management
The human side of AI transformation. Resistance patterns, reskilling, and measuring adoption success.
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AI Security & Risk
Hallucinations, data leakage, adversarial attacks, and brand risk. The executive risk framework.
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Ethics, Governance & Regulation
The EU AI Act is here. Bias, transparency, compliance frameworks — what your board needs to know.
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The Road Ahead
AGI, quantum convergence, industry disruption — separating the hype from the horizon.
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