Generative AI Foundations: Understand Generative AI Applications, Benefits, and Risks

Join expert Altaf Rehmani to learn the fundamentals of generative AI and its real-world business use cases. You'll understand the importance of prompt engineering, discover how generative models work, and get a rundown of the tools, companies, and open source projects creating buzz in this space. You’ll gain an understanding of GenAI’s risks and limitations—along with strategies for mitigating them—and you’ll come away with tips for successfully integrating the technology into your business processes.

• Gain an understanding of generative AI, its applications, and its potential impact on your organization
• Understand what prompt engineering is and why you should master it
• Learn how generative AI can create content on the fly, improve personalization, and automate tedious tasks
• Explore industry trends, interesting AI tools, and the future powered by generative AI

What you’ll learn and how you can apply it

• Learn how generative models work, and their applications and potential
• Get started on the path to mastering prompt engineering
• Separate the hype surrounding generative AI from actionable next steps

This course is for you because...

• You’re a business or technology professional who’s curious to learn what this transformative technology portends for you and your business.

Prerequisites

• Look over exercise template for high-level generative AI plan (to come)
• Attend: Artificial intelligence: An overview of AI and machine learning (live course with Alex Castrounis)

Course Follow-Up:

• Read: AI for People and Business by Alex Castrounis (book)