About Essential AI

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The Essential AI course provides essential coverage of predictive AI and generative AI concepts, benefits, challenges and risks. It is suitable for IT and business professionals that would like to receive a fundamental understanding of how contemporary AI works and how it can be applied in the real world.

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Program Structure  

• 100% online  

• Self-paced  

• 2 modules (20 hours total)  

• Includes video lessons and quizzes  

• Certificate of Completion provided  

 

Modules

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Fundamental Predictive AI  

• Key business and technology drivers behind Predictive AI  

• Benefits, risks, and challenges of using AI  

• How AI addresses real-world business problems  

• Types of Predictive AI and learning approaches  

• Core AI functions: computer vision, NLP, speech recognition, robotics, and more  

• Understanding AI models and neural networks  

 

Fundamental Generative AI  

• Business and technology drivers behind Generative AI  

• Benefits, risks, and key challenges  

• Real-world problems solved with Generative AI  

• Types of generative models and how they’re trained  

• Neural networks, GANs, VAEs, and transformers explained  

• Steps to building effective AI systems  

• Best practices for applying Generative AI