Foundations of AI

Offered By: IBM via edX

Course Description

Overview

The world of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is no longer science fiction. Instead, it is rapidly permeating across all industries and impacting every aspect of our daily-life. Whether you are an industry professional, an executive, an entrepreneur or a student – developing a foundational understanding of AI and its impact on your organization and our society is of paramount importance and will transform your career.

This program is meant for those with little or no background in AI, computer science, or data science and does not require any programming skills. Each course is designed to provide a relevant and applicable comprehension of the basic concepts of AI and its many applications and use cases across various industries. You will also be introduced to terms like machine learning, deep learning, neural networks and natural language processing.

As you journey through the series you will also be introduced to IBM Watson AI services that enable any business to easily deploy pre-built AI smarts to across your business. When you are ready you can build up to more complex topics in our full 6-course Applied AI Professional Certificate program where you be able to develop and deploy AI powered applications.

Through hands-on interactions with several AI environments and applications you will also learn about creating intelligent virtual assistants and how they can be leveraged in different scenarios in your current job or as a way to jumpstart your next career.

Syllabus

Courses under this program:
Course 1: AI for Everyone: Master the Basics

Learn what Artificial Intelligence (AI) is by understanding its applications and key concepts including machine learning, deep learning and neural networks.

Course 2: Introduction to Watson AI

Learn how to quickly and easily get started with Artificial Intelligence using IBM Watson.

Course 3: AI Chatbots without Programming

Chatbots are increasingly in demand among global businesses. This course will teach you how to build, analyze, deploy and monetize chatbots - with the help of IBM Watson and the power of AI.

Courses

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2 weeks, 2-4 hours a week, 2-4 hours a week
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Special Offer : This course includes a great offer from IBM: One year of Watson Assistant services to power 10 chatbots at no charge. The perfect way to kickstart your chatbot building business!

Chatbots are one of the most exciting and in-demand topics in tech. Businesses around the world are increasingly showing an interest in their potential for cost-saving and improving customer service availability.

In this course, you'll learn how to build chatbots powered by Watson and how to approach making money by selling chatbots to clients. We'll coverways to sell chatbots to prospective clients online and offline. We'll explore how to plan and build chatbots using a visual tool provided by IBM. We'll offer methods for testing, analyzing, and improving your chatbots. And we'll teach you how to deploy your chatbots to websites via a handy WordPress plugin.

Leveraging the AI power of Watson Assistant, you will be able toaccomplish all this without the need to write any code!
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4 weeks, 1-2 hours a week, 1-2 hours a week
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Please Note: Learners who successfully complete this IBM course can earn a skill badge — a detailed, verifiable and digital credential that profiles the knowledge and skills you’ve acquired in this course. Enroll to learn more, complete the course and claim your badge!

In this course, you will learn what AI is and understand its applications and use cases and how it is transforming our lives. You will explore basic AI concepts including machine learning, deep learning, and neural networks as well as use cases and applications of AI. You will be exposed to concerns surrounding AI, including ethics, bias, jobs and the impacts on society.

You will take a glimpse of the future with AI, get advice for starting an AI related career, and wrap up the course by demonstrating AI in action with a mini project.

This AI for Everyone course does not require any programming or computer science expertise and is designed to introduce the basics of AI to anyone whether you have a technical background or not.
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8 weeks, 4-8 hours a week, 4-8 hours a week
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Please Note: Learners who successfully complete this IBM course can earn a skill badge — a detailed, verifiable and digital credential that profiles the knowledge and skills you’ve acquired in this course. Enroll to learn more, complete the course and claim your badge!

In this course, you will learn how to quickly and easily get started with Artificial Intelligence using IBM Watson. You will understand how Watson works, become familiar with its use cases and real-life client examples, and be introduced to several Watson AI services from IBM that enable anyone to easily apply AI and build smart apps.

You will also work with several Watson services including Watson studio, Watson assistant and Watson discovery to demonstrate AI in action.

This course does not require any programming or computer science expertise and is designed for anyone whether you have a technical background or not.

Taught by

Rav Ahuja and Antonio Cangiano