Dr. Andrew Ng is a globally recognized leader in AI (Artificial Intelligence). He is the founder of DeepLearning.AI, Founder & CEO of Landing AI, General Partner at AI Fund, Chairman & Co-Founder of Coursera and an Adjunct Professor at Stanford University’s Computer Science Department.

What exercises will be done in this course?

Learn how to utilize prompt engineering with the GPT-3.5 language model to classify and summarize restaurant reviews efficiently.

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3 weeks of study at a pace of 1-2 hours/week

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Generative AI for Everyone

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Generative AI for Everyone

Instructor: Andrew Ng

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3 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

4,911 reviews

Beginner level

Recommended experience

Flexible schedule

6 hours to complete

Learn at your own pace

96%

Most learners liked this course

What you'll learn

What generative AI is and how it works, its common use cases, and what this technology can and cannot do.
How to think through the lifecycle of a generative AI project, from conception to launch, including how to build effective prompts.
The potential opportunities and risks that generative AI technologies present to individuals, businesses, and society.

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There are 3 modules in this course

Instructed by AI pioneer Andrew Ng, Generative AI for Everyone offers his unique perspective on empowering you and your work with generative AI. Andrew will guide you through how generative AI works and what it can (and can’t) do. It includes hands-on exercises where you'll learn to use generative AI to help in day-to-day work and receive tips on effective prompt engineering, as well as learning how to go beyond prompting for more advanced uses of AI.

You’ll get insights into what generative AI can do, its potential, and its limitations. You’ll delve into real-world applications and learn common use cases. You’ll get hands-on time with generative AI projects to put your knowledge into action and gain insight into its impact on both business and society. This course was created to ensure everyone can be a participant in our AI-powered future.

What's included

10 videos3 readings2 assignments1 app item

10 videos Total 71 minutes

Welcome 7 minutes
How Generative AI works 8 minutes
LLMs as a thought partner 5 minutes
AI is a general purpose technology 7 minutes
Writing 5 minutes
Reading 8 minutes
Chatting 7 minutes
What LLMs can and cannot do 11 minutes
Tips for prompting 6 minutes
Image generation (optional) 7 minutes

3 readings Total 12 minutes

Join the DeepLearning.AI Forum to ask questions, get support, or share amazing ideas! 1 minute
Week 1 resources 10 minutes
Week 1 lecture notes 1 minute

2 assignments Total 20 minutes

What is Generative AI? 10 minutes
Generative AI applications 10 minutes

1 app item Total 1 minute

Intake Survey 1 minute

What's included

10 videos1 reading2 assignments1 app item

10 videos Total 61 minutes

Using generative AI in software applications 6 minutes
Trying generative AI code yourself (optional) 2 minutes
Lifecycle of a generative AI project 7 minutes
Cost intuition 6 minutes
Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) 8 minutes
Fine-tuning 11 minutes
Pretraining an LLM 3 minutes
Choosing a model 6 minutes
How LLMs follow instructions: Instruction tuning and RLHF (optional) 7 minutes
Tool use and agents (optional) 6 minutes

1 reading Total 1 minute

Week 2 lecture notes 1 minute

2 assignments Total 20 minutes

Software Applications 10 minutes
Advanced technologies: Beyond prompting 10 minutes

1 app item Total 60 minutes

Trying generative AI code yourself (optional) 60 minutes

What's included

11 videos4 readings2 assignments

11 videos Total 63 minutes

Day-to-day usage of web UI LLMs 3 minutes
Task analysis of jobs 9 minutes
Additional job analysis examples 5 minutes
New workflows and new opportunities 9 minutes
Teams to build generative AI software 5 minutes
Automation potential across sectors 6 minutes
Concerns about AI 12 minutes
Artificial General Intelligence 4 minutes
Responsible AI 5 minutes
Course Summary 2 minutes
Building a more intelligent world 3 minutes

4 readings Total 17 minutes

Week 3 resources 10 minutes
Week 3 lecture notes 1 minute
Acknowledgments 1 minute
(Optional) Opportunity to Mentor Other Learners 5 minutes

2 assignments Total 20 minutes

Generative AI and business 10 minutes
Generative AI and society 10 minutes

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Reviewed on Nov 1, 2023

Andrew Ng presents an excellent introduction and update on Generative AI. His particular task of presenting has an extremely low Generative AI potential. This course is a delight.

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This is a must course for all individuals either in academia setting or professional one! Andrew guides us through it all! AI is usually over-hyped and over-sold but Andrew keeps it realistic!

Reviewed on Nov 3, 2023

Great course. Andrew explained the Generative AI technology for us in a way so people who don't have technical background can understand while it is still very informative even for the ones who do.

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Frequently asked questions

The world of AI has changed rapidly in the past 18 months. Large language models (LLMs) and other generative AI applications have taken the world by storm, and continue to evolve. Our new course teaches the most up-to-date information regarding these revolutionary tools and technologies.

This course is designed to provide value to anyone interested in learning about generative AI, its impacts, and how to use it. Business leaders will learn how generative AI can impact business, and how to develop a generative AI strategy to increase productivity, professionals will gain practical experience using AI in the workplace, and AI tools and techniques to apply at work. Developers working outside the world of AI will get a foundational knowledge of the current state of AI that will help in upskilling or reskilling in the realm of AI.

AI is a transformative technology that will impact everyone. Understanding how it works and how to use it puts you in the driver’s seat.

No, this course doesn’t require any prior knowledge of AI or coding skills.

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