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This course offers a deep dive into Large Language Models (LLMs), exploring their capabilities, applications, challenges, and future potential in the business landscape. Through a blend of theoretical insights and practical examples, learners can review and acquire concepts related to LLMs and their transformative impact on various industries.
Today, major organizations use related LLM technologies such as Customer Support Chatbots, Marketing Content Generation, and Software Development tools. The impact of these technologies combined with real-time Data Analytics has transformed a wide range of industries, from airlines, advertising agencies, legal firms, and health care, just to name a few. Overall, Generative AI is changing the landscape faster than ever.
As we dive into the lessons of this course, we will frame our discussions through several cases for marketing, software programming, content creation, and analytics. This course provides a 360° overview of the current abilities of state-of-the-art LLMs for businesses. Moreover, through this course, you will learn to identify some of the trends behind LLMs such as Neural Networks, Transformers, source models, and APIs.
This program is designed for:
1- Entrepreneurs, business executives, and employees in general, will be able to evaluate how LLMs could affect their business.
2- Non-technical participants who can detect areas in which LLMs can improve their productivity.
3- Technical participants who will generate ideas to apply their skills and use LLMs to their advantage.
4- Learners who will have an opportunity to foresee what areas of business are likely to be impacted by LLMs.
Learners should ideally possess the following prerequisite skills: Basic knowledge about business and startups; Curiosity for the field of AI; and General interest in machine learning and AI-related technologies.
This course offers a deep dive into Large Language Models (LLMs), exploring their capabilities, applications, challenges, and future potential in the business landscape. Through a blend of theoretical insights and practical examples, learners will be able to review, and acquire concepts related to LLMs and their transformative impact on various industries.
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17 videos4 readings3 assignments
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17 videos•Total 87 minutes
Introduction & Meet the Instructor •5 minutes
Defining Large Language Models (LLMs)•4 minutes
Evolution of LLMs Over the Last Decade•5 minutes
The Key Concepts in LLM Technology: Token and Embedding •4 minutes
The Key Concepts in LLM Technology: Transformers and Self-Attention•3 minutes
Can LLMs do the Programming for You? •6 minutes
Prompt Engineering for Defeating Hallucination•7 minutes
Can LLMs Automate Marketing Content for you? •7 minutes
Fast Track of the AI Landscape•6 minutes
Opportunities with LLMs •5 minutes
Fast Forward: 10 Challenges with LLMs (Part 1/2) •5 minutes
Fast Forward: 10 Challenges with LLMs (Part 2/2) •4 minutes
Solving: Is Prompt Engineering All That You Need?•5 minutes
Build a roadmap to implement LLMs in your business•5 minutes
Continuous Learning and Exploration of LLMs•4 minutes
Recap of Key Concepts and Insights for understanding LLMs•5 minutes
Conclusion and Takeaways: The Future of LLMs: (Bigger, Better, Stronger?)•7 minutes
4 readings•Total 20 minutes
Course Review•5 minutes
How Transformers Work?•5 minutes
GPTs are GPTs: “An Early Look at the Labor Market Impact Potential of Large Language Models”•5 minutes
“A Survey of Large Language Models”•5 minutes
3 assignments•Total 50 minutes
Final assessment•30 minutes
Try It Yourself: Generative AI Prompts•10 minutes
Try It Yourself: Apply the PIVOO Framework•10 minutes
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