Engineer & Explain AI Model Decisions is an Intermediate-level course designed for Machine Learning and AI professionals who need to build trustworthy and justifiable AI systems. In today's complex data environments, high accuracy is not enough; you must be able to prove why a model made its decision and remediate biases that cause real-world harm.

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Engineer & Explain AI Model Decisions
This course is part of Agentic AI Development & Security Specialization

Instructor: LearningMate
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What you'll learn
Learners will apply feature engineering and explainability to interpret AI model decisions, identify flaws, and build trustworthy systems.
Skills you'll gain
- Scikit Learn (Machine Learning Library)
- Predictive Modeling
- Technical Communication
- Data Cleansing
- Pandas (Python Package)
- Data Wrangling
- Decision Support Systems
- Responsible AI
- Artificial Intelligence
- Embeddings
- Data Preprocessing
- Data Analysis
- Model Evaluation
- Performance Analysis
- Debugging
- Machine Learning
- Feature Engineering
- Data Transformation
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There are 2 modules in this course
This module lays the groundwork for all model-related work by focusing on the crucial first step: data transformation. Learners will dive into the complexities of raw conversational data and learn why structured, model-ready features are essential for building reliable AI. Through a series of practical steps, they will apply feature engineering techniques to convert messy chat logs into clean, numerical tensors ready for machine learning.
What's included
3 videos1 reading2 assignments
With model-ready data prepared, this module shifts focus to what happens after a model makes a prediction. Learners will use powerful interpretability techniques to diagnose a model's decision-making process, moving beyond accuracy to uncover why a model behaves as it does. The module culminates in learners synthesizing their technical findings into a concise, stakeholder-ready report, turning complex analysis into actionable insights that build trust in AI systems.
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4 videos2 readings1 assignment1 ungraded lab
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