Class 1: AI for Realtors - Historical Concepts and Why It Matters in Real Estate
Understanding where AI came from - the decades of research, the key breakthroughs, and the fundamental concepts that underpin modern tools - gives real estate agents a crucial advantage when evaluating which technologies to adopt and why they work.
What This Covers
Class 1 covers the progression from rule-based expert systems to machine learning to the transformer-based large language models that power tools like ChatGPT and Gemini today. Understanding this history reveals why current AI is extraordinarily good at language tasks and pattern recognition, and where it still struggles with factual precision and reasoning.
Why It Matters for Santa Clarita
For Santa Clarita realtors, the historical context matters because it helps you understand the limits of AI tools alongside their strengths. Agents who know why AI excels at writing listing descriptions but requires human oversight for pricing recommendations will use these tools far more effectively than those who treat them as black boxes.
Your Next Step
Review the Class 1 materials and identify three AI capabilities you had previously misunderstood or underestimated. This foundation will accelerate your learning through all subsequent sessions in the AI for Realtors series.