Instructor
Nicolle Merrill
AI Literacy Skill Instructor
About me
When I first learned about AI, I was completely lost. It was 2017 and everything was made for engineers and data scientists. I was not either of those things and all the content was boring, jargon-filled, and mostly not useful. I swore that if I ever learned AI well enough to teach it to people, I'd make it far more interesting.
So here we are! I spent 8 years building enterprise AI products in HR, FinTech, and DevOps, where I worked as a conversational AI designer and later, a prompt engineer. Then I decided to launch my own training firm, Boring AI, specifically for teaching AI skills to non-technical learners. Since 2022, I've taught over 25,000 people across 20+ countries.
My goal is to help you learn AI without needing a technical background or boring you to death. My teaching style is hands-on, beginner-friendly, and most importantly jargon-free. My training focuses on real-world practice rather than theory so you can quickly apply what you learn. You're not going to get the history of ML or transformers. I'm not going to give you the hype either.
Instead, I'll teach you the applied AI skills and approaches that keep you up-to-date in a rapidly changing workplace.
Best of all, you're not getting the same generated content you'd get from an LLM. You can use AI to learn about AI, but sometimes you need a human to make sense of it all. So all of my courses are designed from questions asked by employees like you about generative AI. That means each lesson contains answers about using AI at work that are relevant for your job right now.
Outside of Udemy courses, I work with mid-size companies to build AI upskilling programs for non-technical teams and run work redesign sprints.
I'm also professor at Porto Business School where I teach executives in digital transformation and generative AI product development to MBA students.
Before working in AI, I was as a career coach at Yale School of Management. I wrote a book on upskilling for an AI-driven workplace, called Punch Doubt in the Face: How to Upskill, Change Careers, and Beat the Robots. As a result, I'm always thinking about to teach you the most relevant AI skills that prepare you to navigate a changing workplace and career.