ChatGPT and other large language models are going to be more important in your life and business than your smartphone, if you use them right. ChatGPT can tutor your child in math, generate a meal plan and recipes, write software applications for your business, help you improve your personal cybersecurity, and that is just in the first hour that you use it.
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Generative AI Primer
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Instructor: Dr. Jules White
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How Generative AI is going to transform computing and work
How to use Generative AI to amplify and augment your creativity and critical thinking to provide an "exoskeleton for the mind"
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- Category: Human Computer Interaction
- Category: Artificial Intelligence
- Category: AI powered creativity
- Category: AI literacy
- Category: LLM Application
- Category: AI Enablement
- Category: Innovation
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- Category: Generative AI
- Category: Prompt Engineering
- Category: ChatGPT
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AG
Reviewed on Sep 9, 2025
Thanks a lot for the Generative AI primer session! It was super clear, practical, and really got me excited about exploring generative AI further. Appreciate the time and effort you put into it ?
RH
Reviewed on Apr 12, 2024
I love the courses taught by this instructor! I always learn a lot of new things, and the way the course is structured is just right.
SH
Reviewed on Mar 7, 2024
Excellent course and gave me a good understanding of how Generative AI can be useful