AI Fluency: Framework & Foundations

This course builds AI fluency through the 4D Framework, four interconnected competencies (Delegation, Description, Discernment, and Diligence) that enable more effective, efficient, ethical, and safe human-AI collaboration. Regardless of your background or experience level, you will develop a practical foundation for working with AI that lasts beyond any single tool or model. Participants will learn how to identify the right tasks to delegate to AI, describe those tasks clearly, evaluate AI outputs with discernment, and apply diligence to ensure responsible use. The result is a durable skillset for navigating AI collaboration across creative, business, scientific, and educational contexts. Developed through a long-standing partnership between Anthropic and professors Rick Dakan (Ringling College of Art and Design) and Joseph Feller (University College Cork), this course is grounded in research exploring how AI tools are transforming real-world processes. The framework has already informed undergraduate and postgraduate courses, staff training initiatives, and community outreach, and is now available as an open online course for anyone looking to build confident, responsible AI collaboration skills.