🤖Weeks 5–6
Train-your-own tiny LLM
A miniature language model trained on data your teen chooses, with before-and-after results.
AI AcademyAges 11–15Intermediate
Inside the Mind of an LLM
Open the black box, one word at a time.
ChatGPT is not magic, it is math your teen can genuinely understand. In this course they train a tiny language model of their own and watch it learn, word by word, inside our simulations.
8
Weeks
16
Live sessions
1
Model trained
1-ON-1 LIVE · FIRST CLASS FREE · CANCEL ANYTIME
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8 weeks · 16 live sessions
What your child will learn
Real skills, built one confident win at a time
Explain tokens, training and next-word prediction in plain English
Train a tiny language model and watch its guesses sharpen live
Explain why models hallucinate, and why bigger is not always better
Read AI headlines critically instead of repeating them
Who it’s for
- Curious tweens and teens ready to go past just "using" AI
- A little Python is introduced gently, none required upfront
- Pairs perfectly after ChatGPT & Smart Prompting
Light Python is introduced along the way. Curiosity matters more than math level.
The learning path
A clear, 8 weeks journey, unit by unit
Every unit is taught inside a live simulation and ends with something your child has actually built. Pace is 1-on-1, so no one is rushed or held back.
- 01
Words become numbers
WEEKS 1–2Tokens: how a sentence turns into something a computer can compute with.
Live sim: Tokenizer X-rayTokensEncoding - 02
The prediction game
WEEKS 3–4Next-word prediction, played by hand first, then handed to the machine.
Live sim: Next-Word ArcadeProbabilityPrediction - 03
Training day
WEEKS 5–6Feed a tiny model your own data and watch its answers improve in real time.
Live sim: Mini-LLM trainerTrainingData - 04
Attention!
WEEK 7The trick that lets a model keep track of what matters across a whole sentence.
Live sim: Attention SpotlightAttentionContext - 05
Limits and lies
WEEK 8Hallucination, bias, and why the model sounds certain exactly when it should not.
Live sim: Confidence vs. Truth meterBiasEvaluation
Real things they’ll build
Projects, not just lessons
Kids remember what they make. Each project is a genuine artifact your child keeps, shares and builds on.
📊Week 8
Hallucination lab report
A short write-up documenting where their model fails and why, like a real researcher.
🗞️Capstone
AI myth-buster explainer
A clear explainer that debunks a common AI headline using what they now understand.
Tools they’ll use
Real AI tools, made age-appropriate
LearnX Mini-LLM LabPython (gentle intro)Teachable Machine
Kid-safe, sandboxed workspaceNo open internet chat, everWeekly progress notes for parents
Your child’s mentor
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Elena Liang
MSc Machine Learning · ex-DeepMind summer fellow
★ 5.0140 STUDENTSEN · ZH
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Verified certificate of completion
Shareable proof of every skill your child earns.
Parent questions
Everything you’re wondering
We keep it intuition-first. Every idea starts as a hands-on game before any math or code appears, so curious 11-year-olds thrive alongside teens.
Comfort with basic arithmetic is plenty. New ideas are introduced visually, exactly when they are needed, never as a wall of equations.
Yes, a genuinely small language model in our lab. It is simple enough to understand end to end, but it truly learns from data they provide.
AI Agents & Automation for the builders, or our Machine Learning course for teens who want the full engineering path.
Where to go next
All AI courses Tracks that pair well
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Start Inside the Mind of an LLM with a free class
Meet the mentor, play inside a real simulation, and watch your child build something on day one. No card required.
$189 / 4 WEEKS · CANCEL ANYTIME