AI benchmark foundations for buyers
Learn what an AI benchmark measures, how its grader scores a run, what its data licence allows and how to read a reported score before you use it in a decision.
Start the courseAbout this course
- Level
- Foundations
- Access
- Free
- Time
- 40 min
- Lessons
- 3
- Pass mark
- 80%
- Exam attempts
- 3
- Certificate valid for
- 1 year
What you will learn
- Name the parts of an AI benchmark: tasks, procedure, grader, score and setup.
- Tell the grader types apart: exact, unit-test, simulation, llm-judge, human and mixed.
- Separate the licence of the paper, the code and the task data.
- Read status, saturation, top score and score provenance on a benchmark listing.
Lessons
Questions
Do I need to know how to code to take this course?
No. The course is for people who read benchmark results to choose or buy a model or tool. It teaches what to check, not how to write an evaluation.
Does this course rank AI models?
No. It teaches you how to read a benchmark and its scores. It does not name a best model or a best benchmark.
What does the certificate show?
It is a certificate of completion from this site. It records that you passed this course's exam. It is not a licence, an accreditation or a professional qualification.