WA3408

Introduction to AI and ML Training

This Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML) course teaches you the fundamentals of these rapidly evolving fields, including their definitions, key components, differences, types, applications, and ethical implications. You will also learn how to analyze real-world use cases and applications of AI/ML.

Course Details

Duration

1 day

Skills Gained

  • Define AI and ML and explain their key components and differences
  • Identify and discuss the types and applications of AI/ML
  • Summarize the basic concepts of machine learning
  • Analyze real-world use cases and applications of AI/ML
  • Evaluate the ethical implications of AI and develop strategies for building trust in your AI system
Course Outline
  • Introduction
    • Welcome to Introduction to AI and ML!
    • Course Goals
    • Course Format
    • Course Outline
  • Foundations of AI
    • What is Intelligence?
    • Mechanisms of Intelligence
    • What is Artificial Intelligence?
    • How does AI work?
    • What can AI do?
    • Early Foundations
    • Growth and Challenges
    • The Rise of Deep Learning
    • Traditional AI
    • Machine Learning
    • Supervised Learning
    • Unsupervised Learning
    • Reinforcement Learning
    • Deep Learning: Neural Networks
    • Neural Network Characteristics
    • Predictive AI
    • Emergence of Generative AI
    • Key Approaches to Generative AI
    • Two Approaches
  • AI System Basics
    • What is an AI system?
    • How are AI Systems Created?
    • Example: House Price Prediction System
    • Data Collection
    • Common Types of Data
    • Data Processing
    • Example: Tax Preparation
    • Model Training
    • Example: Loss Functions
    • Model Evaluation
    • Model Deployment
    • Model Monitoring
  • Real-world Use Cases of AI/ML
    • Where will AI be used?
    • Personalized Learning
    • Fraud Detection
    • Medical Diagnosis
    • Customer Service
    • Predictive Maintenance
    • Autonomous Vehicles
    • Crop Monitoring
    • Climate Modeling
    • Personalized Recommendations
    • Drug Discovery
    • Supply Chain Optimization
    • Government Administration
    • Energy Management
    • Risk Assessment
    • Financial Trading
    • Gaming
    • Human Resources Management
    • Smart Home Devices
  • Understanding Generative AI
    • What is Generative AI?
    • How does an Large Language Model work?
    • Tokenization
    • Example Tokenization: GPT-4o
    • Embeddings
    • What are embeddings doing?
    • Why are embeddings important?
    • Predicting the Next Token
    • LLM Settings
    • How are LLMs trained?
    • How do multi-modal models work?
    • What does a full Generative AI architecture look like?
  • Fundamentals of AI Ethics
    • What are ethics?
    • The Ethical Progression
    • The Point of AI Ethics
    • NIST AI Risk Management Framework
    • NIST AI RMF Characteristics of Trust
    • NIST AI RMF Characteristics of Trust
    • NIST Generative AI Risks
    • State of Regulation in the US
    • Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights
    • European Union AI Risk Categories
    • European Union AI Risk Category Examples