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.
Generative AI Primer
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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JB
Reviewed on Nov 4, 2023
Jules White has always been a good teacher. I have finished three of his courses including this and I have been nothing but grateful to him.
AJ
Reviewed on Mar 18, 2025
Excellent! Good primer on what and how to use ChatGPT and how to understand AI.
VM
Reviewed on May 12, 2025
The best part in this course is the assessment. Instead of having the boring MCQ, here we have a strong assignment as the assessment.
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