The AI Engineer Watch Order — 13 Free YouTube Videos, in the Only Order Where Each One Unlocks the Next
The companion to the video. The best AI education on the planet is scattered across free YouTube videos by Karpathy, 3Blue1Brown, Ilya Sutskever, Chris Olah, Jeremy Howard, Hamel Husain, and Sasha Rush — about 20 hours, 40M+ combined views, $0. But a list of links is a pile, and piles don't get finished. THIS PLAN: (1) THE 12-STOP PATH across four levels — See It, Build It, Ship It, See the Road — with every link, in the order where each video unlocks the next. (2) HONEST HOURS — the number nobody says out loud: a 2-hour build video is 5-6 hours typed along, and which stops to WATCH vs which to TYPE (including the one famous build you should deliberately NOT type along with). (3) CHECKPOINTS — one pass/fail question per stop so you know it stuck before moving on. (4) THE SCHEDULE — the 1-month watch track (45 min/day) and the 2-month builder track, week by week. (5) EXTRA CREDIT — two famous picks from other lists and when they finally make sense, plus the free follow-ups (the Ilya long-form interview and Stanford's CS336 course map). Every duration and view count verified from YouTube on July 30, 2026. Independent study plan from Hyperautomation Labs — not affiliated with any creator on the list.
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