AI like I’m 10

Why is it called ‘AI like I’m 10’
Because the course is for anyone who knows absolutely nothing about AI and needs the first hand-holding. People of all age groups are welcome, 8 or 80, 25 or 65! Yes, even if you are in your 50s or 60s, you can start right away. All it needs is the first step. And then, you build from there onwards.

What does this mean – Your first step into AI, no matter your age
This is for the pre-beginner stage in AI learning. It is designed to show you what AI is, and what it is not. It will help you decide if you need to pursue AI any further, or not. It will open the window of the AI world and show you “The AI Pyramid”, without any nonsense hype. It will clearly list the set of skills you will need to build if you choose to pursue AI and machine learning fields.

What’s this ‘The AI Pyramid’ you mentioned above
This is the broadest possible easily-understandable configuration of the AI world today. It is made of five layers – (a) Broad Spectrum AI, (b) Pillars of AI, (c) AI Technicals, (d) AI Use-cases, and (e) AI Strategy. In this course you will be gently introduced to this, and shown the details of each of these layers. This will open up your mind to the huge range of possibilities, and instead of feeling overwhelmed, you’ll get a strong handle on the goings-on.

So you’ll teach Generative AI in this course, right?
No. This is course is not about details of Generative AI and associated tools.

What technical knowledge do I need
No technical knowledge needed for this course. Basically, anyone willing to clearly analyse the pros and cons of the so-called “AI era” or “AI revolution” unfolding around us. Students can be from any academic or social or work backgrounds, and of any age. Great for working executives, students of all age groups, designers, journalists, planners, civil servants, medical professionals, engineers, teachers, counsellors, mentors, content creators and parents. Basically, anyone willing to get a powerful and meaningful first exposure to AI.

What kind of English does the mentor use
The mentor, with more than three decades of expert teaching experience, uses simple and understandable English. Downloadable notes provided for each lecture.

What does the mentor help me get from this course
He helps you build foundational understanding, supports your exploration process, and helps decide your future course of action.

What are the course goals
1. To be a good hand-holding at the pre-beginner stage
2. Exposure to what AI actually is, and what it is not
3. Building a first grip on foundational AI vocabulary
4. Practical orientation to some real live tools
5. First orientation to evolving ideas in AI, e.g. AGI, ASI etc.
6. Assessment of your learning via integrated simple tests in each session
7. First exposure to standard books, text-books, papers, blogs and gifted minds in AI
8. To help decide whether to pursue a career in AI at all

What are the specific deliverables here
1. Top concepts that define today’s AI, ML, DL, GenAI, RL, Agents, Vibe-coding and Robotics – brief and primary orientation only
2. Top tools that every AI user must know and choose from in work life – brief and primary orientation only
3. Top misconceptions about AI and how to protect oneself against deception – brief and primary orientation only
4. Top practical things to know in each of Broad AI, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Generative AI, Reinforcement Learning, Agents and Agentic AI, Vibe-coding and Robotics
5. Top questions in the AI world (with basic answers) covering AI ethics, AI regulation, AI risks and perils, AI geopolitics and AI infrastructure

More specifically speaking …
1. Beautifully crafted 20 video lectures of 15 min each
2. Very empathetically crafted course, purely for beginners
3. Study material PDFs for each session (downloadable)
4. Tests for each session to solve online
5. Six months’ unlimited access to entire course
6. A ‘certificate of completion’ issued by Billion Hopes, upon successful completion of the course. This is not a degree or diploma, but a certificate of participation and completion.
7. A simply-worded explanation of what AI is, what it is not, and whether you should pursue it as a full-time career or not, or as a helping aid or not

What is not included
Programming, ML engineering, technical insights on LLMs or GenAI not included. No other detailed technical inputs on anything like prompting, prompt engineering, agents, vibe-coding etc. included.

What other AI courses are available on Billion Hopes Academy
The full list is on courses page. All are standalone courses. Welcome!

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