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Geert's viewing and reading tips

Geert is Senior Innovation Consultant at VIGC and project leader of Printelligence. Here you will find the videos and documentaries he recommends for understanding AI, each with the reason why.

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If you want to understand AI, the best place to start is with people who explain it well. Meant for learning, not for selling.

Netflix, documentary The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist Director Daniel Roher becomes a father and wonders what kind of world his child will grow up in. He talks to more than forty people from the AI world, from doomsayers to optimists. Why watch it. Start here if you want to know what the debate about AI is really about. After that you will understand the rest of this list better. Netflix, 2026
Andrej Karpathy, Intro to Large Language Models
YouTube, Andrej Karpathy Intro to Large Language Models What a language model is and how it is trained, explained in one hour.

Why watch it. This is the best explanation in one hour, without formulas. The link starts at 32 minutes.

59 minutes, English
Andrej Karpathy, How I use LLMs
YouTube, Andrej Karpathy How I use LLMs How he uses language models every day in his own work.

Why watch it. He is practical and honest about what works and what does not. The link starts at 1 hour 20.

2 hours 11 minutes, English
Andrej Karpathy, building micrograd
YouTube, Andrej Karpathy The spelled-out intro to neural networks and backpropagation: building micrograd Build a small neural network yourself to see what happens inside.

Why watch it. After this a neural network is no longer a black box. That is also how we approach it in the training Build your own AI machine.

2 hours 26 minutes, first lesson of a series

Starting small and building it yourself is also the common thread in the training Build your own AI machine and in the chapter Start small of the AI governance guide.