Curated learning journeys
Learning platform to apply AI in manufacturing.
Every course in the ForgeShift Apprentice catalogue.
Learn To Apply AI
- Why Large Language Models Work: A Modern AI Perspective — Understand, 13 min, free to preview
- Understanding Generative AI: The Transformer Architecture — Understand, 14 min
- The AI Product Stack: LLM APIs, Harnesses, and Reliability — Understand, 14 min
- The Power of Tools: Transforming LLMs into Capable Agents — Understand, 13 min
- Making Informed Choices in the Converged AI Tool Market: Harnesses and Billing — Apply, 13 min
- Getting Started with Claude Desktop: Setup and Safe Code Tab Use — Apply, 16 min
- Getting Started With ChatGPT Desktop App: Modes and Models — Apply, 14 min
- Build Your First AI Skill: Summarizing Niche Industry News with Claude Code — Apply, 15 min, free to preview
- Connecting a Tool: Securely Connecting AI to Your Gmail Inbox — Apply, 14 min
- Hallucination: Why It Happens and How to Spot It — Validate, 16 min
- Building Reliable Judgment for AI-Generated Media Detection — Validate, 13 min
- Beyond the Window: Managing LLM Context as a Budget — Validate, 15 min, free to preview
- Mastering Git and GitHub for AI Code Safety — Validate, 16 min
- Multi-Agent Debate: Balancing Gains, Costs, and Failure Modes — Orchestrate, 17 min
- Engineering Deterministic AI Orchestration for Probabilistic LLMs — Orchestrate, 15 min, free to preview
- Orchestrating Good-Enough Local LLMs for Production — Orchestrate, 16 min
Why Large Language Models Work: A Modern AI Perspective
Start →Build Your First AI Skill: Summarizing Niche Industry News with Claude Code
Start →Beyond the Window: Managing LLM Context as a Budget
Start →Engineering Deterministic AI Orchestration for Probabilistic LLMs
Start →Choose your plan.
Live tutoring, curated journeys, and Forge Credits for AI-assisted learning. Pick the tier that fits how you work — cancel any time.
Casual
One journey at a time. Learn on your commute.
- Unlimited podcast watch time
- 1 journey at a time
- 180 Forge Credits / month
- ≈ 60 live tutor minutes / month
Bookworm
Three journeys running. The working default.
- Unlimited podcast watch time
- 3 journeys at a time
- 600 Forge Credits / month
- ≈ 200 live tutor minutes / month
Polymath
Six journeys and ten hours of tutor time.
- Unlimited podcast watch time
- 6 journeys at a time
- 1,800 Forge Credits / month
- ≈ 600 live tutor minutes / month
Forge Credits are your live-tutoring budget.
Expert curated, not model generated.
Every journey is written, reviewed and signed off by a named expert before it is voiced — and that expert stays reachable through Office Hours, which routes your question to the one who signed it.
Explore Apprentice for Business
Help your teams build judgment before you trust AI.
We are open to developing custom training materials for your industry, firm and teams. Reach out to discuss.
- Tailored journeys to upskill and enable your workforce to work alongside powerful AI tools.
- Expert curated content structured along four mastery levels — Understand, Apply, Validate, Orchestrate.
- A tool that allows every individual to learn at their own pace and ask the questions they wouldn't otherwise.
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