Artificial Intelligence Essentials

Artificial Intelligence Essentials provides foundational knowledge of artificial intelligence, its core concepts, and its applications in everyday life and industry. Designed for beginners, this course introduces AI fundamentals, machine learning, deep learning, generative AI, large language models, and prompt engineering. It also explores the capabilities and limitations of AI systems, emphasizing responsible and effective AI usage.

Through practical exercises, you’ll learn how AI systems process information, generate responses, assist with problem-solving, and support real-world tasks. By the end of the course, you’ll have a strong understanding of essential AI concepts and the skills needed to interact effectively with AI tools, preparing you to explore more advanced AI technologies and applications.

Course Objectives

By the end of this course, students will be able to:

• Understand fundamental artificial intelligence concepts and terminology.
• Differentiate between artificial intelligence, machine learning, and deep learning.
• Explain how AI models learn from data and generate outputs.
• Understand generative AI, large language models, and their applications.
• Write effective prompts to obtain relevant and useful AI-generated responses.
• Identify common AI limitations, including hallucinations and biased outputs.
• Apply AI tools to basic productivity, learning, and problem-solving tasks.
• Recognize responsible AI practices and important data privacy considerations.