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- Google and goodwill are giving a free introduction to AI courses.
- I took a 6-hour course, and it’s quite good.
- If you want to move on AI, Sign up here,
I think we can all agree that AI is here. This is becoming more and more underlying in our digital world. It is also more and more necessary for all in the workforce (or who wants to stay in the workforce), the basics of AI, and especially AI have the least understanding of the basic things of AI.
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In this article, I am going to tell you about an excellent free introductory AI course created by Google and have been promoted by Goodwill industry,
As long as I can remember, goodwill is the place when I make my cupboard clean when I clean my wardrobe, but as I learned this week, they do a lot.
As I was told by his representative:
We are known to be a thrift store. But we are also the largest non -profit provider of workforce development in America. We help more than 350 people get jobs every day.
With Google orgGoogle’s philanthropist organization, goodwill and Google Google AI Essential Courses are introduced for 200,000 or more for more people.
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The course is described as a syllabus of 6 to 7 hours, and this is correct. I saw a bunch of video at 1.5 × speed, so I went through the whole thing in about four hours.
My top-line impressions are: This is a very good course. If you want to know the basics of generic AI, it is a great way to start.
It is balanced, it includes AI’s problems and boundaries in the course, and Google has also mentioned competitive chatbots, Microsoft Copilot and Anthropic Cloud.
Apparently, Google is depicted in the executed course AI is excited by AI. Some videos looked a bit Vault-tech promo From the TV show from the Fallout Games or the Cooper Howard character of Walton Gogins. But Google Presenter actually performs a big job of balanced his enthusiasm with the realities and limitations of AI.
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The online course hosted by Cinera includes five modules.
- Introduction to AI: Discusses the basics of AI, gives some backgrounds, and introduces the concept of generative AI with its boundaries.
- Maximize productivity with AI tool: The AI talks about the various devices used to work with, including a smattering of chatbots, image generators, and other resources.
- Discover the art of quickness: You indicate to write experience with hands and learn how to maximize the effectiveness of the signal. Even if you have used generic AI, there are some tidbits that you can pick up here.
- Use AI responsibly: Prejudices and tunnel covers vision that can produce AI. You should see that even though you feel that you already know about prejudice, as AIS can limit your reactions with unexpected methods. This module shows you how to think about it.
- Stay ahead of AI curve: Part to read the recommendation of the part, and the part pitch for the next course of Google, it is a good rap-up for the overall course.
I liked how the course presented many fundamental AI concepts clearly and effectively. I never felt that Google people were talking to the beginning, yet everyone understood the information.
There are also two coaching interfaces. While watching the video, you can show what you want anytime before. I will show you another a little later.
I had an unexpected fanboy moment about the halfway through the course, when the “vint” was shown in a training module.
Vints, those who do not know, are Winton Serf, holder of National Medal of Technology, Turing Award, The Presidential Medal of Freedom, The Benjamin Franklin Medal, The Queen Elizabeth Price for Engineering and Marconi Awards. Oh, and unlike a former politician, vint The internet was really inventedHe is one of the leading designers of TCP/IP.
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There were also many interactive participation tools in the course. There were normal quizzes, which can help increase learning retention by strengthening educational content.
There were also AI-assisted activities where you had to produce a practical signal according to the guidelines. These were helpful and informative.
Good, clean a lot of fun
My full favorite element of the course was an interactive discussion session with Gemini. You had to successfully answer chatbott questions to allow you to continue the course. But when Quiz standard Phil-in-the-Blanc or multiple-chills format, these discussions were completely interactive. It felt like interacting with a teacher on a slack.
They were fun. I went more than a small off-topic, spewing snarky reactions about various science-fi AIS, to see how coaching AI will react. This very politely but strongly informed me that I was referring to the fictional AIS. It said that we were talking about real AI, and naked me to bring me back on the track.
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I am using a theme-limit AI helper in some of the Harvard AI programming courses, which I am taking as part of my ongoing continuous-education professional-development. That AI allows you to ask questions, but will answer with key questions rather than only providing full answers.
In this goodwill/Google course, AI follows a guided-khoj pattern, asks you about the topics that you should now be learned, and until you give the correct answer, you should guide your reactions. It was a great learning experience, and an excellent example of AI was adding value to an experience.
Each module ended with a solid repetition of subjects discussed, and moved to the next subject.
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As you may probably tell, I was very pleasantly affected by this class. While most of the readers of this article are likely to have at least some AI experiences, this course can be a great boon for the AI-Case and AI world.
Finally there is also a certificate that you can refer to again in the beginning.
Coursra will automatically add credentials to its linkedIn with a credential ID. It is always good to show employers and customers that you are serious about continuous education.
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My recommendation is to share this course with those who can benefit from learning about AI. If you have someone who tells you that they need to learn more about AI, it is a safe, accessory, non-contact, too much non-compactive, solid introduction that is not full of puffing and padding.
Google should be congratulated to produce a fair and open introduction for AI without any publicity. Goodwill is certainly eligible to give more access to those working to Kudos or to see more about these seismic changes in our working world.
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Once again, if you want to participate, you just need an internet connection and a Google account. Indicate your browser HereIn addition, some goodwill places provide access to the Internet for those who cannot reach home.
How are you? Have you taken Google’s AI Essentials course or another introductory AI class? Did you find this helpful, heavy, or right? How do you think this type of course can support people entering or re -entering the workforce? Do you know someone who can benefit from learning the basics of AI in a clear, accessible way? Let us know in the comments below.
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