Think You’re Good at AI? Anthropic’s Free Course Might Prove You Wrong

Anthropic—the team behind Claude—just dropped a free, 12-lesson course called AI Fluency. But don’t expect a quick list of prompt hacks. This is a full-on framework for how to actually collaborate with AI—and it just might change how you work forever.

At the heart of the course is a simple but powerful model:
The 4Ds of AI Fluency.

Instead of focusing only on what to type, it teaches you how to think when working with AI—whether you're automating tasks, boosting your creativity, or building full-on autonomous agents.

The 4D Framework at a Glance:

• Delegation
  Learn what to hand off to AI and what to keep for yourself. This means understanding both your project’s goals (Problem Awareness) and the AI’s actual strengths and limitations (Platform Awareness).

• Description
  This is prompt engineering leveled up. You’ll define what you want (Product), how AI should approach it (Process), and how it should behave (Performance).

• Discernment
  The quality check. You’ll evaluate the AI’s outputs across product, process, and performance to ensure you’re not just getting answers—but getting the right ones.

• Diligence
  The responsibility layer. This covers choosing the right model (Creation), being upfront about AI’s role (Transparency), and fully owning the results (Deployment).

It's Hands-On

This isn’t theory. You’ll complete a real project, rewrite bad prompts, and even create your own Diligence Statement—a personal code for responsible AI use. And yes: you’ll walk away with a certificate.

Why this matters

This isn’t just another course to bookmark and forget.
The AI Fluency framework gives you a mental model that separates casual AI users from true power users.