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Level 7 of 11 · AI Basics lab

Words become numbers: tokens and a meaning map

Level 7 of 11 in the AI Basics lab: a free AI basics exercise at Intermediate level, which takes about 15 minutes. Type a sentence to see how it is cut into tokens, then place support tickets on a map where similar ones sit close.

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Goal

Type a sentence to see how it is cut into tokens, then place support tickets on a map where similar ones sit close.

Done when

The acceptance test marks the skills this level practises.

  • Tokens
  • Embeddings
  • Similar meaning

Skills

  • Tokens
  • Embeddings
  • Similar meaning

Before you start

Level 6, Is it fair? Check a CV screen for a hidden proxy, comes first. Do it first if the ideas are new to you.

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11 levels

Levels in the AI Basics lab

Learn what AI is by playing with it: teach a camera, watch a model learn, test it and check it is fair.

  1. Start What is AI? Rules or learning from examples
  2. Start Teach a camera to spot a dented part
  3. Start Data and labels: what we see and what we want to say
  4. Start Watch a model learn, then watch it memorise
  5. Start Is it any good? Catches, false alarms and the threshold
  6. Start Is it fair? Check a CV screen for a hidden proxy
  7. Start Words become numbers: tokens and a meaning map
  8. Start How a chatbot picks its next word
  9. Start Answer from a manual: retrieval with sources
  10. Start An AI agent at work: tools and guardrails
  11. Start Ship it and watch it: drift and a model card
Previous level 6Is it fair? Check a CV screen for a hidden proxyNext level 8How a chatbot picks its next word

Part of the AI Basics lab

Learn what AI is by playing with it: teach a camera, watch a model learn, test it and check it is fair.

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