Preview · Monday 18 May 2026

Understanding AI & LLMs

From Zero to Confident — For Everyone

A 2.5-hour practical workshop · Florin Bădiță

SFO 09:00 PDT · NYC 12:00 EDT · London 17:00 BST · Bucharest 19:00 EEST

Theoretical Framework Practical Framework

This is a short teaser. The full 35-slide deck goes to registered attendees after the session.

What We'll Cover 2.5 hours

🧠 MODULE 1 — What is AI?

🔍 AI vs ML vs Deep Learning
📖 A brief history of AI
⚡ What is a neural network?
🤖 What is an LLM?
🔮 Tokens, prediction & transformers
⚠️ Hallucinations & limitations

🚀 MODULE 2 — How to Use AI

🗺️ The AI tools landscape
💬 What is a prompt?
✍️ 5 principles of effective prompting
🎯 Real-world use cases
🔒 Privacy & safety rules
🤝 Staying in control

🎯 What You'll Leave With

Clear mental model of how AI works
Confidence to use AI tools today
5 prompting techniques to use immediately
Knowledge of what to trust — and what not to

👥 Who This Is For

Absolutely no coding required
No prior AI knowledge needed
Technical people will also find depth here
Anyone curious about AI in daily work

Module 1 · Preview

AI is prediction.

An LLM doesn't "know" anything — it predicts the next token based on patterns from its training data.

Once you see how it works, you stop expecting it to be something it isn't.

We go deep on this in the live session — with diagrams, examples, and real hallucinations you can spot.

Module 2 · Preview

The 5 prompting principles

One tiny peek — we unpack each with live examples.

1 · Be specific

"Write about dogs" vs "Write 3 bullet points about how dogs help elderly people, for a UK charity website."

2 · Give an example

One good example beats ten rules. Show the model the shape you want.

3 · Iterate

First prompt is a draft. Treat it as a conversation, not a slot machine.

4 · 5 · revealed live

The last two principles — plus when to break them — are covered in the workshop.

Why attend live?

💬 Your actual questions

Everyone's stuck on a different thing. Bring yours — we'll work through it live on screen.

🔧 Real-time demos

Watch prompts succeed and fail in real time. You'll see what a screenshot can't show you.

🧠 Mental models, not recipes

Recipes break the moment the tool changes. Mental models last for years.

📥 Full slides after

Attendees get the complete 35-slide deck emailed — lifetime access, all tiers.

What you get

Community — €49

Full 2.5 hours live workshop
Full 35-slide deck after the session
Q&A during the workshop
Lifetime access to the slides

Coaching — €149

Everything in Community, plus…
1:1 follow-up call (30 min)
Personalised prompting review
Lifetime access to the slides

Join the live workshop

Monday 18 May 2026

SFO 09:00 PDT · NYC 12:00 EDT · London 17:00 BST · Bucharest 19:00 EEST

Reserve your seat →

Questions? florin@badita.org

See you on Mon 18 May 2026.

Florin Bădiță · courses.badita.org