An interactive AI tutorial I wrote for my 11-year-old
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I've created an interactive tutorial that teaches how AI models work. I set myself the goal of making it approachable enough that my 11 year old son Isaac can fully understand it.The tutorial aims to be easily understood by anyone who understands basic math, and yet give them a deep intuitive sense of not just how AI works but why it works the way it does. It does this using a series of interactive playgrounds that let the reader play with each idea.Currently there are 9 chapters, starting from scratch and ending with transformers. I'm planning to keep adding more chapters until the tutorial covers all the key ideas behind cutting edge AI. Follow me on LinkedIn to find out when I add more chapters.Isaac's final remark after finishing the current chapters was "Transformers are really cool" - and indeed they are.
HN · launched May 5, 2026 · 5 upvotes (top 89%) · 0 views
Niche: educational games and learning tools · 207 launches, 24 in the last 7 days ▲ +50% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Education
- Content generation
- B2C
- AI feature
- Hobby / open-source project
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Could you build this?
Yes It is an educational interactive web guide built with Next.js/React, utilizing MDX, interactive math widgets, and standard visualizations.
Discussion
2 comments analyzed.
Concerns raised: Requires math knowledge to understand
Feature requests: Simplify or explain math concepts more clearly
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