Gave me a clear understanding of how ai works. The lecture explains it so perfectly in a way that is not boring, make sure that you are physical and emotional in there keep it up.
Introduction to Generative AI
Introduction to Generative AI
This course is part of Intro to Generative AI: A Beginner's Primer on Core Concepts Specialization
Instructor: Google Cloud Training
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What you'll learn
Define generative AI
Explain how generative AI works
Describe generative AI model types
Describe generative AI applications
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This course is part of the Intro to Generative AI: A Beginner's Primer on Core Concepts Specialization
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AN
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Reviewed on Jun 8, 2025
GM
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Reviewed on Jun 5, 2023
The course was good but the quiz questions could have been better, they seem to be not in depth and the multiple choice options seem to just be playing on a attribute matrices of a keyword.
AJ
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Reviewed on Jul 3, 2024
Thank you for providing a course that explains the very basics of Generative AI in the simplest way possible. I appreciate the clarity and thoroughness of the content.
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