Generative AI for Everyone

Learning Objective
By the end of this course, you will learn

• What is generative AI
• What it can and cannot do
• How to use it in your own world/business
• Debunking misinformation about generative AI and thinking through how to use this technology best. 
• Learning best practices for learning and exploring whether or not genAI would be useful.

Week 1: Introduction to Generative AI
Learning Objectives:

• Define Generative AI and illustrate how insights derived from supervised learning have enhanced our comprehension of Generative AI.
• Identify the limitations and boundaries of Generative AI and apply practical techniques and strategies for creating prompts that enhance the quality and relevance of large language models (LLMs) responses.
• List common use cases for Generative AI with writing, reading, and chatting tasks on web-based and software-based interfaces.

Lesson 1: What is Generative AI?

• Video: Welcome
• Video: How Generative AI works
• Video: AI is a general purpose technology
• Quiz: What is Generative AI?

Lesson 2: Generative AI applications

• Video: Writing
• Video: Reading
• Video: Chatting
• Video: What LLMs can and cannot do
• Video: Tips for Prompting
• Video: Image generation (optional)
• Quiz: Generative AI Applications
• Resources
• Reading: Week 1 Resources

Week 2: Generative AI Projects
Learning Objectives:

• Generative AI Projects: identify and build generative AI use cases and technology options

Lesson 1: Software Applications

• Video: Using generative AI in software applications
• Video: Trying gernative AI code yourself (optional)
• App Item: Trying generative AI code yourself (optional)
• Video: Lifecycle of a generative AI project
• Video: Cost Intuition
• Quiz: Software Applications

Lesson 2: Advanced technologies: Beyond prompting

• Video: Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG)
• Video: Fine-tuning
• Video: Pretraining an LLM
• Video: Choosing a model
• Video: How LLMs follow instructions: Instruction tuning and RLHF (optional)
• Video: Tool use and agents (optional)
• Quiz: Advanced technologies: Beyond prompting
• Resources
• Reading: Week 2 Resources

Week 3: Generative AI in work and life
Learning Objectives:

• Impact on business and society 
• How teams can take advantage of Generative AI
• AI risks and responsible AI

Lesson 1: Generative AI and business

• Video: Day-to-day usage of Web UI LLMs
• Video: Task analysis of jobs
• Video: Additional job analysis examples
• Video: New workflows and new opportunities
• Video: Teams to build generative AI software
• Video: Automation potential across sectors
• Quiz: Generative AI and business

Lesson 2: Generative AI and society

• Video: Concerns about AI
• Video: Artificial general intelligence
• Video: Responsible AI
• Video: Course Summary
• Video: Building a more intelligent world
• Quiz: Generative AI and society
• Resources
• Reading: Week 3 Resources