Launch prices: The Point and A101 are $49 each, or $79 for both, until 30 November 2026. See prices

Flagship program · for individual learners

The Four-Year AI Program

Four years’ worth of coursework in artificial intelligence, taught by AI teachers, at your own pace. $3,000 for all four years.

We call it THE GROVE, because it grows the way a tree does: a SEED year of foundations, a ROOT year of mathematics and methods, a BRANCH year of building and domains, and a CROWN year of leadership, research and a capstone. Written by Lund Studio with help from AI. Taught by AI teachers each learner chooses.

The program runs in eight terms of four courses. Each term takes one course from each of four strands, so every term you practice with AI, learn the mathematics under it, read the history and humanities around it, and build the craft and career that put it to use.

Enroll — $3,000 See all 32 courses

Four years, four strands, thirty-two courses

Each year has two terms, and each term has one course from every strand. Read across to follow a strand through the four years; read down to see a year. A101 and H101 are built and open now (H101 is The Point, the flagship course above); the other thirty courses release on a published schedule.

  • AAI Practice
  • MMathematics
  • HHistory and Humanities
  • CCraft and Career

Year 1SEEDFoundations

What AI is and how to work with it, first programs in Python, number and logic, purpose and the druids, writing and speaking.

AAI Practice

  1. Term 1 · A101AI Fluency: What AI Is and How to Work With ItOpen now
  2. Term 2 · A102Programming with AI: Python Foundations

MMathematics

  1. Term 1 · M101Number, Pattern and Proportion
  2. Term 2 · M102Logic, Shape and Function

HHistory and Humanities

  1. Term 1 · H101The Point: Purpose and MeaningOpen now
  2. Term 2 · H102Keepers of Knowledge: The Druids

CCraft and Career

  1. Term 1 · C101Writing and Thinking with AI
  2. Term 2 · C102Communication: Speaking, Presenting and Persuading

Year 2ROOTMathematics and methods

Data and machine learning, building with language models, statistics and linear algebra, computing history and northern myth, design and products.

AAI Practice

  1. Term 3 · A201Data and Machine Learning Foundations
  2. Term 4 · A202Building with Language Models

MMathematics

  1. Term 3 · M201Probability and Statistics
  2. Term 4 · M202Linear Algebra for Machine Learning

HHistory and Humanities

  1. Term 3 · H201Thinking Machines: A History of Computing and AI
  2. Term 4 · H202Myth and Memory: The Celtic, Irish, Norse and Germanic Worlds

CCraft and Career

  1. Term 3 · C201Design and Visual Thinking
  2. Term 4 · C202Product Building: From Idea to Prototype

Program Exam I after Term 3, on Terms 1–3

Year 3BRANCHBuilding and domains

Neural networks and agents, calculus and algorithms, figures who shaped thought and ethics, AI in your field and a portfolio.

AAI Practice

  1. Term 5 · A301Neural Networks and Deep Learning
  2. Term 6 · A302Agents, Tools and Skill Cards

MMathematics

  1. Term 5 · M301Calculus and Optimization
  2. Term 6 · M302Algorithms and Data Structures

HHistory and Humanities

  1. Term 5 · H301Figures Who Shaped Thought
  2. Term 6 · H302Ethics for the Age of AI

CCraft and Career

  1. Term 5 · C301AI in Your Field
  2. Term 6 · C302The Working Portfolio

Program Exam II after Term 5, on Terms 1–5

Year 4CROWNLeadership, research and capstone

Evaluation, safety and deployment, information theory and the mathematics of modern AI, law and meaning, leadership and career, and the capstone.

AAI Practice

  1. Term 7 · A401Evaluation, Safety and Research
  2. Term 8 · A402Deploying and Operating AI Systems

MMathematics

  1. Term 7 · M401Information Theory and Learning
  2. Term 8 · M402The Mathematics of Modern AI

HHistory and Humanities

  1. Term 7 · H401Law, Policy and Governance of AI
  2. Term 8 · H402Meaning in an Age of Thinking Machines

CCraft and Career

  1. Term 7 · C401Leading with AI: Teams, Change and Strategy
  2. Term 8 · C402Career Launch

Capstone in Term 8, alongside A402, M402, H402 and C402

Open now: A101 and H101. Every other course opens on the published release schedule. Ask for the current release schedule.

Eight terms, two program exams, one capstone

The same golden ratio that places the tests inside every course places the two program exams across the eight terms. Eight is a Fibonacci number, and so are 3 and 5: Program Exam I comes after Term 3, and Program Exam II after Term 5. Term 8 holds the capstone.

Where the program exams and the capstone sit across the eight terms A track of eight terms, two for each year: Terms 1 and 2 are Year 1, SEED; Terms 3 and 4 are Year 2, ROOT; Terms 5 and 6 are Year 3, BRANCH; Terms 7 and 8 are Year 4, CROWN. Program Exam I sits after Term 3 and covers Terms 1 to 3. Program Exam II sits after Term 5 and covers Terms 1 to 5. Gold markers below the track show the golden points, 38.2% and 61.8% of the way through, close to those two boundaries. The capstone is in Term 8, alongside the four Term 8 courses: A402, M402, H402 and C402. Term 1 SEED Term 2 SEED Term 3 ROOT Term 4 ROOT Term 5 BRANCH Term 6 BRANCH Term 7 CROWN Term 8 CROWN Program Exam I after Term 3 · Terms 1–3 Program Exam II after Term 5 · Terms 1–5 Capstone in Term 8 · all four strands 38.2% 1/φ² of the way 61.8% 1/φ of the way 3, 5 and 8 are Fibonacci numbers: 8 × 0.382 ≈ 3, and 8 × 0.618 ≈ 5 Where the program exams and the capstone sit across the eight terms A column of eight terms, two for each year, from Year 1, SEED, to Year 4, CROWN. Program Exam I sits after Term 3 and Program Exam II after Term 5, near the golden points marked on the left at 38.2% and 61.8%. The capstone is in Term 8. Term 1 SEED Term 2 SEED Term 3 ROOT Term 4 ROOT Term 5 BRANCH Term 6 BRANCH Term 7 CROWN Term 8 CROWN 38.2% 1/φ² 61.8% 1/φ Program Exam I after Term 3 covers Terms 1–3 Program Exam II after Term 5 covers Terms 1–5 Capstone in Term 8 all four strands 3, 5 and 8 are Fibonacci numbers 8 × 0.382 ≈ 3 · 8 × 0.618 ≈ 5

Program Exam I · after Term 3About 38.2% of the way through the program (1/φ²), in the middle of Year 2. It covers Terms 1 to 3: the foundations and the first mathematics and methods.

Program Exam II · after Term 5About 61.8% of the way through (1/φ), in the middle of Year 3. It covers Terms 1 to 5, before the building, research and leadership work of the last three terms.

Capstone · Term 8Taken alongside A402, M402, H402 and C402, the capstone brings the four strands together in one substantial piece of work. 8 × 0.382 ≈ 3 and 8 × 0.618 ≈ 5, so the exams land on term boundaries.

Inside every course: thirteen lessons, three tests

Thirteen lessons divide almost exactly at the golden ratio: 5 + 8 = 13. So every course in the program places Test 1 after Lesson 5, Test 2 after Lesson 8 and a Final Test after Lesson 13, and sizes them with Fibonacci numbers too: 13, 21 and 34 questions. Every lesson still ends with its own fifteen-question quiz, and 80% on it opens the next lesson.

Where the three tests sit in every course of the program A track of thirteen lessons. Gold markers below the track show the golden points, 38.2% and 61.8% of the way through. Test 1, with 13 questions covering Lessons 1 to 5, sits after Lesson 5, at the first golden point. Test 2, with 21 questions covering Lessons 1 to 8, sits after Lesson 8, at the second. The Final Test, with 34 questions covering Lessons 1 to 13, sits after Lesson 13, at the end. Lessons 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Test 1 13 questions · Lessons 1–5 Test 2 21 questions · Lessons 1–8 Final Test 34 questions · Lessons 1–13 38.2% 1/φ² of the way 61.8% 1/φ of the way Tests after Lessons 5, 8 and 13, sized 13, 21 and 34: Fibonacci numbers in a row Where the three tests sit in every course of the program A column of thirteen lessons. Gold markers on the left show the golden points, 38.2% and 61.8% of the way down. Test 1, with 13 questions covering Lessons 1 to 5, sits after Lesson 5. Test 2, with 21 questions covering Lessons 1 to 8, sits after Lesson 8. The Final Test, with 34 questions covering Lessons 1 to 13, sits after Lesson 13. Lessons 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 38.2% 1/φ² 61.8% 1/φ Test 1 13 questions Lessons 1–5 Test 2 21 questions Lessons 1–8 Final Test 34 questions Lessons 1–13 5, 8, 13, 21, 34 Fibonacci numbers in a row

Test 1 · after Lesson 5About 38.2% of the way through each course (1/φ²). Thirteen questions on Lessons 1 to 5, once the foundations are in place.

Test 2 · after Lesson 8About 61.8% of the way through (1/φ). Twenty-one questions on Lessons 1 to 8, before the course's final five lessons.

Final Test · after Lesson 13Thirty-four questions on the whole course. 5, 8, 13, 21 and 34 are Fibonacci numbers in a row, and 13 × 0.382 ≈ 5 and 13 × 0.618 ≈ 8, so the first two tests land on lesson boundaries. Each course asks 263 questions in all: 195 in lesson quizzes and 68 in the three tests. Each course also gives a φ-weighted grade and, on passing, a Certificate of Completion (how grading works).

Four threads through all four years

Each strand is a thread that runs from Term 1 to Term 8, so the program adds up to more than a list of skills.

  • A What AI is, and how to work with it

    From A101 on, learners use AI every week: what these systems are and are not, how to ask, how to check, and how to build a personal AI practice that lasts. The strand grows through programming with an AI partner, data and machine learning, building with language models, neural networks, and agents, tools and skill cards, to evaluation, safety, research and deployment.

  • M Mathematics, from proportion to machine learning

    It begins with number, pattern and proportion: the golden ratio φ and the Fibonacci numbers that also shape this program’s own tests. It builds, pictures first, through logic, shape and function, probability and statistics, linear algebra, calculus and optimization, algorithms and information theory, to the mathematics of modern AI, so learners understand the tools rather than just use them.

  • H History and humanities: computing, the druids, and figures who shaped thought

    The history of computing, from the Antikythera mechanism, a geared Greek calculator more than two thousand years old, to the machines of today; purpose and meaning; myth and memory in the Celtic, Irish, Norse and Germanic worlds; ethics, law and governance; and the figures who shaped how people think. The druids appear as keepers of knowledge who taught without writing: Julius Caesar wrote that their students could spend up to twenty years learning verses by heart. The program uses that as a lens on memory and how minds learn: recall, spacing and teaching aloud. Honestly told: the druids left no writings of their own, what we know comes from outsiders such as Caesar, and much of what is said about them today is later invention. The courses keep to what the sources support.

  • C Craft and career

    Writing and thinking with AI, speaking and presenting, design and visual thinking, product building, AI in your own field, a working portfolio, and leading with AI. The strand ends in Term 8 with Career Launch: a job, a freelance practice, a venture or a stronger role in the field you already work in.

That is about 39 hours for each course, or about three hours for each lesson, quiz included. Learners can go faster or slower; six hours a week keeps them on the four-year track.

Enroll

Start with one course, or take all four years.

The Point and A101: AI Fluency are open now, on their own or together. The Four-Year AI Program brings all thirty-two courses as they release.

  • Course · 17 lessons

    The Point

    The purpose and meaning of life: the great answers, where meaning lives, the hard parts, and your own written answer.

    $49Launch price $49 until 30 November 2026, then $98.

    Buy The Point

    About The Point

  • Course · 13 lessons

    A101: AI Fluency

    A plain-language, no-hype start with AI: what it is, where it fails, and how to work with it well.

    $49Launch price $49 until 30 November 2026, then $98.

    Buy A101

    A101 in the program

  • Both courses

    The Point and A101

    Both open courses together, for less than buying each one on its own.

    $79Launch price $79 until 30 November 2026, then $148.

    Buy both courses

    How grading works

  • Program · 32 courses

    The Four-Year AI Program

    All thirty-two courses in eight terms, as they release, with every AI teacher, two program exams and a capstone.

    $3,000For all four years. One payment, no subscription.

    See the program and enroll

    Availability varies by state.

  • Program · two more years

    The Advanced Program

    Two more years after the Four-Year Program, taught by AI and done with AI. Declare a concentration, and it is named on your Certificate of Completion.

    $3,000For both years. One payment. Not a degree or a master's.

    See the Advanced Program

    Enrollment by request. Availability varies by state.

  • Add-on · 4 courses

    Add a Focus

    A second, smaller area from another concentration: four courses and a reading pack written by Lund Studio with AI.

    $390Per Focus. Named on your Certificate of Completion.

    Request a Focus

Every course includes the course player (it works offline in a browser), video lessons taught by AI teachers, the book and workbook, quizzes, tests, a final project, a Certificate of Completion and the Study Box.

Launch prices are introductory and end on 30 November 2026. After that, The Point and A101 are $98 each and both together are $148. Checkout shows the price that applies, with any tax, before you pay.

The Four-Year AI Program: $3,000 for all four years

Advance your AI career.

One payment for the whole program: all thirty-two courses as they release, every AI teacher, and the tools to build skill cards and lessons of your own.

What’s included

  • All 32 courses, in 8 terms across 4 strands, as they release
  • All 34 AI teachers, including Hana in all four looks (meet them)
  • Every quiz and test: a 15-question quiz after each of the 416 lessons, three tests in every course, and two program exams
  • A capstone in Term 8, built and shipped
  • Workbooks for every course, printable, with answer keys
  • The course player: works offline, with captions, transcripts and 0.5× to 2× speed
  • The Lesson Builder and AI skill cards, and practice building skill cards of your own
  • A φ-weighted grade and a Certificate of Completion for every course you pass (how grading works)
  • Your Study Box, keeping everything you make on your own computer

Advance your AI career: what you leave with

Four years of steady work leaves you with things you can show and use, not just a list of topics you covered.

  1. A portfolio of real AI work

    One project from each of the 32 courses: work you can show, not just a list of topics.

  2. A personal AI practice

    The habits, prompts, checks and tools you use every week, written down and tested over four years.

  3. Skill cards you’ve built

    Working AI skill cards for jobs you do, starting in A101 and built in depth in A302. You keep the files and own them.

  4. A capstone

    A substantial piece of work, built and shipped in Term 8, with everything the program has taught.

  5. A Certificate of Completion for each course

    Pass a course and you get a Certificate of Completion with your φ-weighted grade. It is not academic credit, a degree or an accredited credential.

Who the program is for

Anyone who wants to work well with AI for the long run, and is willing to put in about six hours a week to get there.

A good fit if you are

  • Using AI at work and want to be genuinely good at it
  • Changing careers toward work where AI is part of the job
  • A founder or small-business owner building with AI
  • A manager leading people who now work alongside AI
  • An educator or trainer who wants to teach with AI
  • A lifelong learner who wants the long view: history, mathematics and ethics

Not the right fit if you need

  • An accredited degree or academic credit
  • A job guarantee or a placement service
  • A quick certificate in a weekend

Fourteen kinds of work it prepares you for

These are kinds of work where AI is now part of the job. For each, we list the courses that build the skills it uses, so you can see where the program leads. They are directions, not job offers.

  • AI-literate professional in your own field

    Bring AI into the work you already do, in law, health, teaching, the trades or anywhere else, with the judgment to know when not to use it.

    Built inA101 · C101 · C301 · A401

  • AI workflow designer

    Map how work really gets done, then design AI-assisted workflows and automations that save time and fail safely.

    Built inA102 · A202 · A302 · A402

  • Prompt and evaluation specialist

    Write the instructions, test sets and checks that show whether an AI system does the job, and keep showing it.

    Built inA101 · M201 · A202 · A401

  • AI product builder

    Shape and build AI products that people can use and trust, from first sketch to working version.

    Built inC201 · A202 · C202 · A402

  • AI trainer and educator

    Teach others to work with AI: lessons, quizzes and practice that respect how memory works.

    Built inA101 · H102 · C102 · the Lesson Builder

  • AI operations lead

    Run AI tools day to day for a team: access, costs, quality checks, problems and the people who use them.

    Built inA401 · H401 · C401 · A402

  • Skill card maker

    Package expert know-how into AI skill cards that other people can download, use and trust.

    Built inA101 · C101 · C301 · A302

  • Research assistant with AI

    Find, weigh and cite evidence with AI, without being fooled by it.

    Built inA101 · C101 · M201 · A401

  • AI content strategist

    Plan, write and publish with AI while keeping your own voice and the facts straight.

    Built inA101 · C101 · C102 · C201

  • AI policy and governance aide

    Support the people who decide how AI is used: bias, safety, law, intellectual property and accountability.

    Built inA101 · H302 · A401 · H401

  • AI-ready founder

    Start and run a venture where people and AI work well together.

    Built inC202 · C401 · A402 · C402

  • Data and automation analyst

    Turn data into decisions with AI’s help, and check the numbers before anyone relies on them.

    Built inA102 · A201 · M201 · C201

  • AI accessibility specialist

    Use AI to make information usable by more people: plain language, captions and picture descriptions, always checked by a person.

    Built inC101 · C201 · C301 · A401

  • Developer working with AI

    Write, test and ship code with an AI partner, and understand the models from the mathematics up.

    Built inA102 · M202 · A301 · M402

Skills, not promises. The program builds skills and a portfolio you can show. It does not guarantee a job, a salary, a promotion or placement, and the role names above describe kinds of work, not job offers. Employers decide who they hire.

Plainly stated

Not accredited. Not a degree. No job guarantee.

The Four-Year AI Program is a program of courses from Lund Studio. Before you enroll, know exactly what it is and is not.

  • Not accredited. No accrediting body has reviewed or approved it.
  • Not a degree. It carries no academic credit unless an institution chooses to grant it.
  • No job guarantee. No promise of a job, a salary, a promotion or placement.
  • A Certificate of Completion only. Each course you pass gives you a Certificate of Completion with your φ-weighted grade. It is not a diploma, a licence, academic credit or an accredited credential, and its ID is a checksum of the record, not proof of identity.
  • Taught by AI teachers. The teachers are AI personas with synthetic voices, not real people. The courses are written by Lund Studio with help from AI.

Enrollment questions

Before you enroll.

Anything else? Ask us about the program.

What does the $3,000 cover?

Everything in the list above: all 32 courses as they release, every AI teacher, every quiz, test and program exam, the capstone, the workbooks, the course player, the Lesson Builder and skill cards, and a Certificate of Completion for each course you pass. It is one payment for all four years, not a subscription. Checkout is on lundr.tech, the Lund Studio store.

What are the refund and enrollment terms?

Refund and enrollment terms are provided at checkout. Please read them before you pay. If you have a question about them first, email us and we will answer it.

How are terms, strands and exams arranged?

Four years make eight terms, and each term has four courses, one from each strand: A · AI Practice, M · Mathematics, H · History and Humanities, and C · Craft and Career. Every course has 13 lessons, a 15-question quiz after each lesson (80% opens the next one), and three tests, after Lessons 5, 8 and 13. Program Exam I comes after Term 3 and Program Exam II after Term 5, and the capstone is in Term 8. Each course gives a φ-weighted grade, and a Certificate of Completion when you pass it.

How long do I have access?

Four years, the length of the program. Courses open to you as they release on the published schedule.

What pace is it, and how much time does it take?

It is self-paced. The program is planned around about six hours a week for four years, roughly 1,250 hours in all. You can go faster through the courses that are open, or slow down in a busy month.

What can I take right now?

A101: AI Fluency and H101, The Point: Purpose and Meaning, are built and open now, and each can be bought on its own (see prices). The other thirty courses release on a published schedule; ask us for the current dates before you enroll.

Is the program accessible?

It is built to WCAG 2.1 AA as our target, not a certification. It uses the same format as every EducationAI course: captions on every lesson, full transcripts, written descriptions of every picture, keyboard and screen-reader support, adjustable speed and text size, and dyslexia-friendly and high-contrast modes, plus Extended time and Flexible paces as accommodations. If you need an accommodation, email us before you enroll and we will tell you plainly what we can do.

Do I need a background in AI, coding or mathematics?

No. Year 1, SEED, starts from the beginning, and programming starts in Term 2 with A102, Programming with AI: Python Foundations, with an AI partner at your side. The mathematics builds step by step, with pictures first.

Is it a degree? Will I get academic credit?

No. The program is not a degree and is not accredited. It carries no academic credit unless an institution chooses to grant it.

Will the program get me a job?

We can’t promise that, and we don’t. The program builds skills and a portfolio of real work you can show. It does not guarantee a job, a salary, a promotion or placement.

Can my employer or school enroll a group?

Yes. For teams, departments and institutions, see the institutional licences, or email us about a group.

Ready to start Year 1, SEED?

Enroll — $3,000 For institutions: email us

Checkout is on lundr.tech. Refund and enrollment terms are provided at checkout. Questions first? Email us.

Course A101

What AI Is and How to Work With It.

A plain-language, no-hype introduction to artificial intelligence for every major and every job. Thirteen lessons plus a Welcome and an elective Field Guide to large and small models, about 25 hours at the learner's own pace, taught on video by Viki or Connie, or by any of the 34 teachers in read-and-listen mode. Each lesson quiz opens the next lesson at 80%, with unlimited tries; Test 1, Test 2 and the Final Test carry the grade. Launch price $49 until 30 November 2026, then $98.

  1. What AI Is and Isn't · A Short History of Thinking Machines · How Machines Learn · Inside a Language Model
  2. From Raw Model to Assistant · What AI Does Well, and Where It Fails
  3. Talking to AI: The Craft of Prompting · Working Alongside AI · Tools, Agents and Skill Cards · AI in Your Field
  4. Safety, Privacy and Honesty · Ethics, Society and Work · Your AI Practice

Learners finish with a personal AI practice: a written workflow, a reusable prompt set, a skill card plan and one portfolio piece, tested and revised.

Lines up with Anthropic's AI Fluency framework

Anthropic's free AI Fluency course, developed with Professor Rick Dakan and Professor Joseph Feller, is built on four skills. A101 was written separately and teaches the same four.

SkillWhere A101 teaches it
DelegationLessons 6, 8 and 10
DescriptionLessons 7 and 9
DiscernmentLessons 4, 6 and 8
DiligenceLessons 11, 12 and 13

Claude is a trademark of Anthropic. EducationAI is not affiliated with or endorsed by Anthropic.

The flagship course

The Point

The purpose and meaning of life, in seventeen lessons plus a Welcome. Written by Lund Studio with help from AI. Taught by AI teachers.

The Point takes the oldest question there is and teaches it the way a good seminar would: the great answers people have given across traditions and centuries, the places meaning actually lives, an honest look at the hardest parts of life, and, at the end, the learner's own written answer.

It is built for first-year seminars, honors and leadership programs, advising, and anyone who teaches students to think about how they want to live.

Buy The Point · $49 See all prices

Launch price $49 until 30 November 2026, then $98. Or take The Point and A101: AI Fluency together for $79 until 30 November 2026, then $148.

Learners choose their teacher

Thirty-four AI teachers, each an AI persona with a synthetic voice, not a real person. Viki, Hana (in four looks and accents) and Connie teach on video; the other thirty-one teach through the lesson text, read aloud by the learner’s own device, and each has a short intro video. Meet the teachers.

Inside every lesson

Every lesson follows the same five-part rhythm, Read, Sit, Do, Check and Carry, so learners spend their attention on the ideas, not on finding their way.

  1. GoalsWhat the learner will be able to do by the end.
  2. The teachingOn video from the chosen AI teacher, or read aloud by the learner’s device for teachers without videos, always with an original picture.
  3. Two pause-and-answer questionsAsked during the lesson, so attention stays active.
  4. A reflectionA quiet prompt that connects the idea to the learner's own life.
  5. A relationships promptOne person to talk with, and one small thing to do together.
  6. SitAI-tutor prompts for a real conversation about the lesson.
  7. DoA practice to try in real life that week.
  8. CheckThree self-check questions.
  9. CarryOne line to carry out the door.
  10. A 15-question quizIt closes the lesson. Score 80% or more to open the next one, with unlimited tries. Quizzes don’t count toward the grade.
An original lesson picture: an inner circle marked 'Up to me' inside an outer ring marked 'Not up to me'. The inner circle holds your judgments, choices and actions; the outer ring holds what you may prefer but cannot control, like your body, your money and other people.
“What is up to you, and what isn't”From Lesson 6, Purpose Is How You Live. Each picture comes with a written description for learners who can't see it.

Three tests: two placed by the golden ratio, and a Final Test

The golden ratio, φ (phi), is about 1.618. It divides a line into two parts at 38.2% and 61.8%. The Point places Test 1 and Test 2 at those two points and the Final Test at the end, and sizes them with consecutive Fibonacci numbers: 21, 34 and 55 questions. Seventeen lessons can’t split exactly at φ, so each of the first two tests sits at the lesson boundary nearest its golden point.

Where the three tests sit in The Point A Welcome box followed by a track of seventeen lessons. Gold markers below the track show the golden points, 38.2% and 61.8% of the way through the lessons. Test 1, with 21 questions covering Lessons 1 to 6, sits after Lesson 6, the lesson boundary nearest 38.2%. Test 2, with 34 questions covering Lessons 1 to 11, sits after Lesson 11, the boundary nearest 61.8%. The Final Test, with 55 questions covering Lessons 1 to 17, sits after Lesson 17, at the end. Welcome Lessons 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Test 1 21 questions · Lessons 1–6 Test 2 34 questions · Lessons 1–11 Final Test 55 questions · Lessons 1–17 38.2% 1/φ² of the way 61.8% 1/φ of the way 21, 34 and 55: consecutive Fibonacci numbers, each about φ = 1.618 times the last Where the three tests sit in The Point A Welcome box above a column of seventeen lessons. Gold markers on the left show the golden points, 38.2% and 61.8% of the way down. Test 1, with 21 questions covering Lessons 1 to 6, sits after Lesson 6. Test 2, with 34 questions covering Lessons 1 to 11, sits after Lesson 11. The Final Test, with 55 questions covering Lessons 1 to 17, sits after Lesson 17. Welcome 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 38.2% 1/φ² 61.8% 1/φ Test 1 21 questions Lessons 1–6 Test 2 34 questions Lessons 1–11 Final Test 55 questions Lessons 1–17 21, 34, 55: Fibonacci numbers each about 1.618 times the last

Test 1 · after Lesson 6About 38.2% of the way through (1/φ²). Twenty-one questions on Lessons 1 to 6, once the foundations and the great answers are in place.

Test 2 · after Lesson 11About 61.8% of the way through (1/φ). Thirty-four questions on Lessons 1 to 11, before the honest hard parts and the learner's own answer.

Final Test · after Lesson 17At the end of the course. Fifty-five questions on Lessons 1 to 17, once the learner has written their own answer. It carries the most weight in the grade.

The course, lesson by lesson

Five parts, from the question itself to the learner's own answer.

BeginWelcome

  1. 0Welcome

Part IThe Question

  1. 1The Question Everyone Asks
  2. 2Three Questions in One

Part IIThe Great Answers

  1. 3Purpose Is Given
  2. 4Purpose Is Made
  3. 5The Absurd and the Boulder
  4. 6Purpose Is How You Live
  5. Test 1 · 21 questions on Lessons 1–6
  6. 7Purpose Is Seeing Clearly
  7. 8Love, Work and What You Cannot Avoid

Part IIIWhere Meaning Lives

  1. 9People
  2. 10Work You Stand Behind
  3. 11Getting Better at Something Hard
  4. Test 2 · 34 questions on Lessons 1–11
  5. 12Attention

Part IVNo Sugar Coating

  1. 13Why Any of This Works, and When It Doesn't
  2. 14Chronic Pain
  3. 15The Worst Sides of Life
  4. 16When the Question Is a Signal

Part VYour Answer

  1. 17Write Your Own Answer
  2. Final Test · 55 questions on Lessons 1–17

What comes with the course

The course player

An offline player for every lesson, built for comfort and control.

  • Works offline
  • Playback speed from 0.5× to 2×, and volume
  • Captions on every video lesson, and every lesson as text
  • Interactive transcript
  • Progress saved on the learner's own device
  • Reading themes, Focus mode and an optional Breathe first (see how)
  • A Study Box that keeps everything the learner makes

The printed workbook

Everything a learner is asked, on paper, for classes that like to write things down.

  • Every lesson quiz, 15 questions each
  • Test 1 (21 questions), Test 2 (34) and the Final Test (55)
  • A full answer key

Grades and the Certificate of Completion

Every EducationAI course, The Point, A101 and each course in the Four-Year AI Program, gives a φ-weighted grade from four graded parts. The weights follow the golden ratio: 1/φ² + 2/φ³ + 1/φ⁴ = 100%. Pass the course and you receive a Certificate of Completion.

How a course grade is weighted
  • 38.2%Final TestThe last test, on the whole course, at the end.
  • 23.6%ProjectThe final project, which you rate yourself against its rubric.
  • 23.6%Test 2The second test, about 61.8% of the way through.
  • 14.6%Test 1The first test, about 38.2% of the way through.

Quizzes don’t count toward the grade. Each lesson’s 15-question quiz is a gate instead: score 80% or higher and the next lesson opens. Tries are unlimited, so nobody is ever locked out for good.

To pass a course

  • 70% or more overall
  • 80% or more on every lesson quiz, with unlimited tries
  • 70% or more on each test
  • 70% or more on the project

Quizzes and tests have no time limit, and quizzes can be retaken as often as you like. Letter grades: A from 90%, B from 80%, C from 70%. Late work is accepted, and it is not marked down unless your instructor turns a late penalty on.

The Certificate of Completion

When you pass, the course player makes a Certificate of Completion with your name, the course, your AI teacher and your φ-weighted grade.

  • It is not academic credit, and not an accredited credential.
  • Its ID is a checksum of the record. It shows the record has not been changed since it was made; it is not proof of identity and not an official enrolment record.

Part IV

No Sugar Coating

Many courses about meaning stop where life gets hard. The Point doesn't. Part IV speaks honestly about chronic pain, about the worst sides of life, and about depression, including how to tell when “what's the point?” is a signal to get help rather than a question to think through.

It offers no easy answers, and it points learners to real people and real help.

Crisis resources are part of the course.If you are thinking about ending your life, reach out now. In the US, call or text 988 or chat at 988lifeline.org. Elsewhere, visit findahelpline.com.

An original lesson picture: a small lantern glows steadily on the ground while rain falls from a cloud all around it.
“Getting through the day counts”From Lesson 14, Chronic Pain.