Talking to Machines · AI fundamentals course · taught in Italian
AI fundamentals course · by Federica Nardi

Understand AI.
Use it with your own judgement.

Stop using AI by trial and error: understand how it actually works and put it to work on your craft, with a method that won't expire with the next update.

Want a feel for the format? Lesson 0, the introduction, is free · Lifetime access · no coding required · lessons in Italian

Federica Nardi surrounded by dozens of obsolete phones
talking to machines@basicfede_

Have you watched a hundred pieces of content about AI
and never really put it to work?

It's 2026 and you can feel AI could give your work much more than it does?

Stop right there: this is the course built for you.

Inside the course

What it looks like from within

Video lessons with step-by-step demos, modules in order and your progress always in sight. From your computer or your phone, whenever you want. The course is taught in Italian.

The course on desktop: a lesson with a live demo and the module list The course on mobile
Sound familiar?

You opened the AI. You typed something. And then?

Out came an answer that looked right, but wasn't. Or it worked one time out of three, and you couldn't tell why.

The problem is not you. It's that they explained the buttons to you, not the workings. And the buttons change every month.

Why this course is different

Everyone teaches you a tool.
I teach you an approach.

There's an enormous difference between learning to use ChatGPT and learning to talk to machines. The first is a course with an expiry date. The second is a skill you carry with you for good.

«Learning the tool is like memorising one route. Learning the approach is learning to read the map: then you go wherever you want.»

You build your own method: understand the tool, prepare the right context for it, check the result, keep human control at all times. A flow that works with ChatGPT as well as with Claude, Gemini or whatever model comes out tomorrow. It's the AI fundamentals course that doesn't expire.

A new approach

Why "new" is not just a word

This course rests on three precise choices.

01

Grounded in research

The best studies and papers on AI, explained so they make sense: what research actually says about how these models "reason" and where they fail. Evidence, not opinions. No hype.

02

Practical, but also philosophical

Not just "how to do it", but "why". You understand what you're doing when you talk to an AI: what it is, what it means to hand it a thought, where its work ends and yours begins. So you choose, instead of just executing.

03

Demos built together with the AI

The demonstrations aren't pre-packaged tricks: I build them by actually working with the AI, in front of your eyes, mistakes included. Because you have to know how to use it for real, otherwise it's just a magic trick.

Before and after

What actually changes

Before

You open the AI, type on instinct and hope it guesses. One answer in three is right and you don't know why. You use it like a toy.

After

You know how to provide context, check sources and review the result before using it. You build a way of working that you can repeat across your tasks.

And you're left with a prompt library you know how to use as context for meta-prompting: not formulas to copy at random, but the starting point the AI uses to build requests tailored to you.

What you'll learn

By the end you'll know how to:

Not just videos

Materials that work with you

Not a course to "watch and forget": the tools to apply the method right away.

15 hands-on workbooks

Worksheets and exercises to practise while you learn, not "later when I have time".

2 extra modules

Beyond the basics: a dedicated skill, more workbooks and practical guides to push further when you're ready.

Prompt library, glossary and guides

Ready-made prompts as context for meta-prompting, a plain-language AI glossary, an atlas of the tools and a cheat sheet for choosing the right model.

The program

A journey in three stages: understand, collaborate, verify

The main lessons, grouped in three stages. (Lesson titles translated; the lessons are taught in Italian.)

Opening
0 What we'll do together
Part I · Understand
1 What artificial intelligence is today
2 Does it think, reason, feel emotions?
3 What it can do: from chat to orchestration
4 Is it safe? The real risks and the AGI myth
Part II · Collaborate
5 Which model to choose without chasing the leaderboard of the day
6 Writing or speaking to AI: what nobody ever explained to you
7 The four fundamental functions of a large language model
8 The useful prompt: instructions, context and request
9 Image prompts: from idea to visual direction
10 Giving sources and context: web, attachments and formats
Part III · Verify
11 Hallucinations: why a credible answer can be false
12 Privacy and responsibility: before you hand over the data
13 Finding the right spot in your own workflow
14 Final lab: building a verified result
15 The ladder that comes next

In total 39 lessons, 15 workbooks and 2 extra modules with skills and guides, all included.

A living course

It grows over time, and you grow with it

I keep enriching it with demos dedicated to individual models, interface by interface (Claude, Gemini, image generation and more), to show you the same method applied everywhere.

Buy now and you get every future update, at no extra cost.

Why are the demos on ChatGPT? ChatGPT gives us a shared environment for the exercises, so you can follow and compare each step. The work on context, requests and verification applies to other models too.
Who it's for
  • Professionals who want to integrate AI into their work, for real
  • People who run a firm, a team or a business and want to decide how to use AI in their work
  • People who communicate, write or create for a living
  • Anyone who has tried ChatGPT, or got the Claude subscription because everyone's talking about it, but doesn't know what to do with it: you want a method, not trial and error
  • You'll need to be comfortable with Italian: the lessons are taught in Italian
What it's not
  • Not a list of magic prompts to copy
  • Not a course that expires in a month with the next model
  • Not hype ("it changes your life in half a second")
  • Not a way to steal other people's jobs
The teacher

Federica Nardi · basicfede

AI and communication expert, university lecturer with a PhD. I teach artificial intelligence to professionals, companies, newsrooms and universities. Nerd and creative: I use it every day for my own work, and I can't wait to teach it to you.

+20,000 people follow me on social media.

Why this course

Learn AI from someone who actually uses it

+100

Students and clients

Training, consulting and university teaching for companies, newsrooms and professional associations. Hundreds of real use cases.

Hands-on

I use it for everything

I really do use AI, every day: research, writing, brainstorming, communication, marketing, images, video. I even edited this course with AI. The method I teach comes from practice, not theory.

Live

The AI takes the floor

In the demos it's the AI itself doing the talking: to show you what technique and imagination can build together.

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Previous editions

What students say

Reviews from the past edition of the fundamentals and advanced courses. Translated from Italian.

«In your fundamentals course I found what no video tutorial had ever given me. I was already fairly advanced, and yet I'm now using your tool at my company, which is no small thing.»

Student, fundamentals course

«You teach an approach, not just a tool, and that's how you build real skills. In every video you can feel that your course is centred on the human, not the machine.»

Student

«I took my first prompt course with Federica in October; now my phone rings all day with new clients.»

Diego, Eco Renovation Sardinia

«You've always struck me as different from the rest. You have clear ideas, experience shows. I used to say "don't buy courses, there are no standards yet". Then I saw yours and the doubt lasted zero seconds.»

Client

«I devoured the advanced course, some videos I even rewatch. I'm having fun applying it to my work.»

Student, advanced course

«Really good. It unblocked so much in how I approach AI, both at work and in my personal life.»

Student

What's included

Much more than a video course

Frequently asked questions

Is the course in English?

The lessons are taught in Italian, with Italian workbooks and materials. If you'd rather work in English, my one-to-one consulting and company training are fully available in English: fill in the short form and I'll get back to you to set up a call.

Do I need to know how to code or be "technical"?

No. The course is built for working people, no technical background required. You work with words, not code.

Do I need a paid subscription?

You can start experimenting with free models. Some features shown in the demos may require a paid plan for the relevant tool, separate from the course. Your choice depends on the tasks you want to do.

Will it already be "old" in six months?

That's exactly the point of the course: I teach you a method, not today's interface. And I keep updating it with new demos, included at no extra cost.

What's "new" about this approach?

It rests on three things: the best studies and papers on AI explained simply (evidence, not opinions), a practical but also philosophical outlook (you understand what you're doing, not just how), and demos built live together with the AI, because you have to know how to use it for real, otherwise it's just a magic trick.

I've already tried AI but I got stuck. Is this for me?

Especially for you. It's built for people who sensed the potential but finally want an approach that works, instead of trial and error.

What are the purchase and refund terms?

The Hotmart course currently includes a 15-day commercial money-back guarantee, in addition to any mandatory consumer rights. See the terms of service for purchase, access and withdrawal conditions.

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A method that stays with you

You take home the way of working with AI you'll keep using for years, plus the workbooks, the prompt library and every demo I add over time, all included.

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