Unscary

An iPhone app by B43

Learn AI without sitting through another course

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Coming soon to the App Store. We will email you the day it is ready.

A game step in the Unscary AI app: “Guess the next card.” A sequence of playing cards, ace of spades, two of hearts, three of clubs, is shown with a blank next card, and four options to pick from.

What the research says

“the completion rate for most courses is below 13%”
Academic research finds the completion rate for most massive open online courses is below 13%. Source: wrap.warwick.ac.uk
“many participants who may be classed as dropouts (for example, because they do not complete the necessary components to gain a certificate) are still participating in the course in their own preferred way”
Many MOOC 'dropouts' are still learning, just not in the course's prescribed format — evidence the format fails the learner, not the reverse. Source: wrap.warwick.ac.uk

Why courses keep losing you

Research on massive open online courses finds that most enrollees never finish, and that many so-called dropouts were simply learning in their own preferred way. The format is the problem, not you. Long videos and modules ask for commitment before they deliver value.

Setting a weekly goal in the Unscary AI app: “Pick your weekly bar”, with the note “Streaks are weekly here, not daily. Life happens.” and three options: 2 lessons a week (Casual), 3 (Regular), or 5 (Serious).

Practice that never feels like class

Unscary skips the lecture. Each session is a short lesson followed by a hands-on rep — a real task you complete with AI, checked as you go. It is built from B43's in-person AI training for companies, where doing beats listening.

How it works in the app

Open the app, get a rep, finish in minutes. Points reward completion, streaks reward showing up, and a personal progress report tracks the skills you can actually use — no certificates, no syllabus, no seat time.

Practice beats class. See for yourself.

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