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Artificial intelligence · Level 1 — Beginner

Learn AI from scratch

What AI is and is not, data and machine learning in plain words, Python for AI, and using the tools well and responsibly.

This course’s lessons are being written; see the syllabus and plan ahead.

  • Taught by Mahdi Mashaal

Who it is for

  • Anyone who wants to understand AI properly
  • A manager or specialist who must decide about AI

After this course

  • Explain the main ideas and tell sound claims from hype
  • Train a first simple model in Python

Before you start

  • High-school maths; beginner Python helps

Syllabus

  1. 1ConceptsComing
    1. What AI is and is notComing
    2. A short historyComing
    3. Kinds of machine learningComing
  2. 2DataComing
    1. What data is and where it comes fromComing
    2. Data quality and biasComing
  3. 3A first modelComing
    1. Python for AIComing
    2. Training and evaluationComing
  4. 4Using AIComing
    1. Today’s tools and their limitsComing
    2. Responsible AIComing
  5. 5The level projectComing
    1. Project: a first predictionComing

The level project

A model that makes a simple prediction on real data, with an honest report of its errors

Passing this level means: builds the basics unaided — Spark medal