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Machine Mind

Understand how machines decide — from gates up

No code, no jargon, no hand-waving. Algorithms as precise instructions, circuits that genuinely add, and neural networks as weighted sums with a threshold. By the end the box is no longer black.

3 stagesabout 6 weeksintermediate

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The sequence

Work the stages in order. Each one is a full course — you can wander off and come back, the path keeps your place.

  1. 1

    Stage 1 · Formal thinking

    The Logic Engine

    Truth tables and validity. Machines run on exactly this, so it pays to own it first.

    3 lessons44 min

  2. 2

    Stage 2 · Mechanism

    How Computers Think

    Algorithms, search efficiency and logic gates wired into an adder you can trace by hand.

    3 lessons46 min

  3. 3

    Stage 3 · Learning

    Intuition for Neural Networks

    Neurons that decide, and gradient descent as a blindfolded walk downhill.

    2 lessons32 min