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By professionIntermediate ~41 min5 lessons12 exam questionsUpdated Oct 2026

AI for engineers

A practical course for engineers: the AI basics every professional needs plus a module on the tasks, tools and prompts of your job.

Who it is for: Engineer · Free · no sign-up

Course content

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  1. 1How ChatGPT works — without the maths6 min
  2. 2How to check whether AI is telling the truth5 min
  3. 3What never to share with AI5 min
  4. 4Prompting for work: roles, examples, structure7 min
  5. 5Your profession module8 min
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Module: AI in your profession

Engineer

AI helps with calculation drafts, documentation, standards research and code for analyses — safety, verification and professional responsibility for the design stay with you.

Your tasks and AI

  • Technical documentation and reportsStructure, wording and summaries of test results you supply.
    AI can do most of it
  • Scripts for data analysisPython or Excel code for measurements — reviewed and tested before use.
    AI can do most of it
  • Researching standards and optionsOverviews and comparisons — values always checked in the standard itself.
    AI assists, you decide
  • Calculations and safety decisionsAI can check reasoning, but verified calculations and sign-off are yours.
    Stays human
  • Communicating with clients and site teamsClear explanations of technical decisions for non-engineers.
    AI assists, you decide

Four prompts for your profession

Test report
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Your prompt · 2 field(s) still empty
Write a test report from these results: purpose, method, equipment, results table, deviations and conclusion. Do not invent values — mark missing data as [MISSING]. Results: ### [PASTE] ###
Don’t paste personal data of others — or clean it first with Clean before AI. →
Analysis script
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Your prompt · 4 field(s) still empty
Write a Python script that reads [FILE FORMAT] with columns [COLUMNS], computes [STATISTICS] and plots [CHART]. Explain each step, handle missing values and include a small test with sample data.
Don’t paste personal data of others — or clean it first with Clean before AI. →
Explain a decision to a client
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Your prompt · 3 field(s) still empty
Explain to a client without technical background why we chose [SOLUTION] over [ALTERNATIVE] for [PROJECT]: benefits, costs, risks and what it means for them. Max 200 words, no jargon.
Don’t paste personal data of others — or clean it first with Clean before AI. →
Check my reasoning
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Your prompt · 2 field(s) still empty
Review this calculation approach for [PROBLEM]. Don’t recompute everything — list assumptions, possible unit or formula errors and edge cases I should check. Approach: ### [PASTE] ###
Don’t paste personal data of others — or clean it first with Clean before AI. →

Review the tasks and try at least one prompt on a real task — then mark the module as done.

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