Intro to Artificial Intelligence on Microsoft Azure

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Intro to Artificial Intelligence on Microsoft Azure

This course is part of Building AI Cloud Apps with Microsoft Azure Specialization

Instructor: Microsoft

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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

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1 module

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

22 reviews

Beginner level

Recommended experience

4 hours to complete

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

How to identify guiding principles for responsible AI
How to identify features of common AI workloads

Skills you'll gain

Category: Artificial Intelligence
Category: Applied Machine Learning
Category: Natural Language Processing
Category: Machine Learning
Category: Anomaly Detection
Category: Data Ethics
Category: Computer Vision
Category: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML)
Category: AI literacy
Category: Responsible AI

Tools you'll learn

Category: AI Workflows
Category: Microsoft Azure

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Assessments

6 assignments

Taught in English

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Whether you're just beginning to work with Artificial Intelligence (AI) or you already have AI experience and are new to Microsoft Azure, this course provides you with everything you need to get started. Artificial Intelligence (AI) empowers amazing new solutions and experiences; and Microsoft Azure provides easy to use services to help you build solutions that seemed like science fiction a short time ago; enabling incredible advances in health care, financial management, environmental protection, and other areas to make a better world for everyone.

In this course, you will learn the key AI concepts of machine learning, anomaly detection, computer vision, natural language processing, and conversational AI. You’ll see some of the ways that AI can be used and explore the principles of responsible AI that can help you understand some of the challenges facing developers as they try to create ethical AI solutions. This course will help you prepare for Exam AI-900: Microsoft Azure AI Fundamentals. This is the first course in a five-course program that prepares you to take the AI-900 certification exam. This course teaches you the core concepts and skills that are assessed in the AI fundamentals exam domains. This beginner course is suitable for IT personnel who are just beginning to work with Microsoft Azure and want to learn about Microsoft Azure offerings and get hands-on experience with the product. Microsoft Azure AI Fundamentals can be used to prepare for other Azure role-based certifications like Microsoft Azure Data Scientist Associate or Microsoft Azure AI Engineer Associate, but it is not a prerequisite for any of them. This course is intended for candidates with both technical and non-technical backgrounds. Data science and software engineering experience is not required; however, some general programming knowledge or experience would be beneficial. To be successful in this course, you need to have basic computer literacy and proficiency in the English language. You should be familiar with basic computing concepts and terminology, general technology concepts, including concepts of machine learning and artificial intelligence.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) empowers amazing new solutions and experiences, and Microsoft Azure provides easy-to-use services to help you get started. In this module, you will see how Artificial Intelligence enables the creation of powerful solutions to many kinds of problems. AI systems can exhibit human characteristics to analyze the world around them, make predictions or inferences, and act on them in ways that we could only imagine a short time ago. You will also see how with this power, comes responsibility. As developers of AI solutions, we must apply principles that ensure that everyone benefits from AI without disadvantaging any individual or section of society.

What's included

12 videos10 readings6 assignments3 discussion prompts9 plugins

12 videosTotal 31 minutes

Introduction to the AI Fundamentals program4 minutes
Introduction to Artificial Intelligence on Azure course3 minutes
The AI-900 Certification2 minutes
Microsoft expert interview6 minutes
Lesson introduction1 minute
The features of machine learning4 minutes
Anomaly Detection1 minute
Computer Vision3 minutes
Natural Language Processing2 minutes
Conversational AI1 minute
Responsible AI3 minutes
Weekly Summary1 minute

10 readingsTotal 85 minutes

Exam AI-900: Skills Measured5 minutes
Course syllabus5 minutes
How to be successful in this course5 minutes
Additional resources10 minutes
Exercise - Use Computer Vision service to analyze images10 minutes
Exercise - Use LUIS to control the lighting in a virtual home10 minutes
Exercise - Interact with a healthcare bot10 minutes
Additional resources10 minutes
Exercise - Explore responsible AI in practice10 minutes
What to expect next10 minutes

6 assignmentsTotal 63 minutes

Test Prep 30 minutes
Exercise quiz1 minute
Exercise quiz1 minute
Exercise quiz1 minute
Knowledge check15 minutes
Knowledge check15 minutes

3 discussion promptsTotal 30 minutes

Meet and greet10 minutes
How can bias be built into AI solutions?10 minutes
Course Wrap-up - What did you learn?10 minutes

9 pluginsTotal 15 minutes

What is AI? 2 minutes
Yield and AI technology1 minute
NLP – Starship Commander2 minutes
Responsible AI - Fairness2 minutes
Responsible AI – Reliability & Safety2 minutes
Responsible AI –Privacy & Security 1 minute
Responsible AI - Inclusiveness2 minutes
Responsible AI - Transparency1 minute
Responsible AI - Accountability2 minutes

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