After 7,500 students: free AI curricula don't ship, accountability does
mdancho84 · x · 2026-10-31
Data scientist Matt Dancho, after training 7,500 students over 8 years, argues self-paced free AI curricula have near-zero completion rates — not because the material is bad, but because nobody watches, grades, or holds stakes. Learners stay in tutorial purgatory; the ones who shipped built one real system in front of a live instructor with a deadline.
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