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How the courses work
The learning loop every lesson follows.
AI is not one box
The local AI stack, layer by layer.
Your first QVAC app
Run a model and read an image in fifteen minutes.
Projects
Redact
Complete · 11 lessons · Redact a passport without uploading itReview private documents, cover what matters, and export a separate flattened copy, with local OCR suggestions you approve one by one.
Ledger
8 lessons · My bank statement never left my laptopAn owned account book where every balance traces back to entries and evidence.
Chronicle
8 lessons · Ask your family photos a questionA private editorial archive that turns family media into issues, spreads, and stories.
Circle
8 lessons · One voice note becomes remembered promisesA warm personal phonebook for remembering context without treating people as leads.
Homebook
8 lessons · Ask your dishwasher manualThe living binder for a home: rooms, assets, documents, maintenance, and projects stay connected.
Pattern
8 lessons · Teach a model your cleanup rules with ten examplesA reversible transformation workbench where examples, rules, and outputs stay inspectable.
Replay
9 lessons · Narrate a task once, get a procedureA tape library for recording, editing, and following repeatable work.
Closet
8 lessons · Outfits from clothes you already ownA private fashion feed built from the clothes you actually own.
Lookout
8 lessons · Tell me if the stove is left on, with no cloudAn event-first control room for cameras and visual sources you own.
Deck
8 lessons · Private research becomes a cited deckA presentation builder that treats an argument as a playable set of cards.
Case study
Inside Leash
The private, offline personal AI that won first place at QVAC Hackathon I.
Five layers, all on QVAC, all with receipts.