[AUDIO LOGO]
Hello, and welcome to the course introduction to the OCI AI Foundations
2023 course.
I'm Hemant Gahankari.
I'm a senior principal training lead at Oracle University
and will take you through this overview of the course.
The course instructor for this course are Hemant Gahankari-- that is myself--
Himanshu Raj, and Nick Commisso.
The content for this course has been contributed
by Hemant Gahankari, Himanshu Raj, Kiran BR, Rohit Rahi,
Anuradha Srinivasaraghavan, and Roshini Varghese.
This course is intended for anyone who wants
to begin learning about AI and ML, for example, Cloud engineers or architects,
or IT professionals, or even students who want to upskill
but have no prior exposure to AI/ML in the past,
though familiarity with OCI or similar Cloud Services is recommended.
This course is split into six modules.
The first one is AI foundations.
In this module, you will learn about foundational AI concepts
and you will learn to differentiate between AI, ML, and DL,
that is, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and deep learning.
In this second module, you will dive deeper into machine learning
and learn about supervised, unsupervised, and reinforcement
learning.
In the third module, you will learn about a variety of neural network
architectures, like artificial neural network, convolutional neural network,
recurrent neural network, and long-/short-term memory targeted
at solving problems that need using complex data like images, videos,
audio, or even text.
In the fourth module, we will explore generative AI and LLMs.
In this module, you will learn about basics of LLMs, that is,
large language models, and transformers.
You will also learn about prompt engineering and fine-tuning of LLMs.
In the fifth module, you will get an overview of OCI AI stack,
following which, you will learn about OCI ML service data
science, OCI AI infrastructure, and also about trustworthy and responsible AI
principles.
In the sixth module, you will learn about OCI AI services.
In this module, you will learn about OCI AI services for a variety of uses.
You will get to know about OCI language, vision, speech, document understanding,
and anomaly detection.
Before you move on to the next modules, make
sure you complete the skill checks that we have provided to test your knowledge
and reinforce your understanding of the topics covered.
At any point in time, if you have a specific question about the course
material or need extra help, fill out our Ask Your Instructor form.
Our expert instructors will get back to you
as soon as possible with personalized support.
We also want you to get the most out of your learning experience, which
is why we have created this community space where
you can connect with the other learners and subject matter experts.
If you have any questions or want to start
a discussion on a particular topic, this is a place to do it.
So don't be shy.
Join the OU community today and start collaborating
with your fellow learners.
We can't wait to see what you will bring to the table.
Some of the best practices to maximize the learning from this course
are, go to the entire content of the course,
including video lectures, demos, and skill checks.
After every lecture or a demo, pause and recall, what did you learn?
It may be even helpful to make some notes of what you learned
and any difficulty you had.
Take breaks if necessary while going through this course.
Completing skill checks is important.
It will help you solidify your learning.
Taking practice exams will help you judge
how comfortable you are for taking the actual certification exam.
And finally, go through the exam preparation video
and take the OCI AI Foundations 2023 exam itself.
We believe in you and know that you have what it takes to succeed.
Keep up the excellent work, and I'll see you
at the next milestone on your journey towards completing the course.
Thanks for watching.