This is an introductory level microlearning course aimed at explaining what Generative AI is, how it is used, and how it differs from traditional machine learning methods. It also covers Google Tools to help you develop your own Gen AI apps.
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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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
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No prior experience required
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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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This is an introductory level microlearning course aimed at explaining what Generative AI is, how it is used, and how it differs from traditional machine learning methods. It also covers Google Tools to help you develop your own Gen AI apps.
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9 videos1 reading4 assignments
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YB
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Reviewed on Oct 13, 2025
Great Course on Gen AI , and to be recommended to all college Engineering Students and the ones who are keen on learning on Gen AI and its Models to work on projects and other works
MS
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Reviewed on Dec 21, 2023
The course has given me an insight of generative AI, machine Learning, encoding and decoding, Generative models, Generative AI based on data ,like input Image and Imput text
CL
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Reviewed on Jul 6, 2024
It was easy to digest information and even though I already had a solid knowledge base for the information it contained nuanced information I found to be very valuable.
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