Beginner’s Guide to Generative AI

Self-Learning Course

Take this course at your own pace through pre-recorded video and online resources.

Beginner's Guide to Generative AI

While many were first introduced to Generative AI through ChatGPT, this introductory-level course reveals its longer history, broader capabilities and wider applications. Generative AI can create human-like text, realistic images, natural-sounding audio and valuable synthetic data. You’ll learn how these AI systems commonly build upon ‘foundation’ models to generate creative and practical outputs for diverse business needs.

Learning outcomes:

  • understand how Generative AI might fit into your business, what the cost-benefit trade-offs for business deployment are and how to make informed decisions about implementation strategies and practical limitations
  • learn how Generative AI Models are trained and can recognise limitations, hallucinations and unexpected behaviours 
  • explore ethical considerations and examples of application

Pre-requisites: None

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