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AI Fundamentals
Understand the core ideas behind modern Artificial Intelligence.
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Overview
A beginner-friendly path through what AI is, how it learns, and where it is used today.
What you will learn
The difference between AI, ML, and Deep Learning
Why ML learns rules from data instead of being hand-coded
How modern AI differs from traditional rule-based software
Key milestones that shaped AI
What the 'AI winters' were and why they happened
Why 2012 was a turning point
The difference between Narrow AI and General AI (AGI)
Capability levels: reactive and limited-memory systems
Curriculum
Course content
1
What is AI?
What AI, ML, and Deep Learning actually mean — and how they fit together.
8 min
2
History of AI
From the 1956 Dartmouth workshop to the deep-learning boom.
7 min
3
Types of AI
Narrow vs general AI, and the capability levels in between.
9 min
4
How AI Learns
Weights, loss, and gradient descent — the training loop in plain English.
10 min
5
Where AI Is Used
A quick tour of AI across industries.
8 min
6
AI Ethics & Safety
Bias, hallucination, privacy — and how to use AI responsibly.
9 min