Generative Artificial Intelligences and LLMs

Generative AI (GenAI) and Large Language Models (LLMs) have transformed the field of artificial intelligence—both in terms of their applicability to real-world problems and their accessibility to a wider audience.

In this course, we’ll explore what artificial intelligence really is: its capabilities, its limitations, and its impact on our world. We’ll take a brief look at its historical evolution and discover how large language models (LLMs) are making AI more accessible and useful than ever before.

Introduction

• General course overview, objectives, and the importance of understanding artificial intelligence today

• Simple definition, key milestones and major developments in the history of AI

• Introduction to machine learning with a simple overview of fundamental mathematical concepts

• Definition and role of large language models (LLMs) in AI
  

LLMs

• General presentation of LLMs

• Simplified explanation of how LLMs work internally 

• Technical limitations and risks associated with language models

• Application potential of LLMs across various professional fields 

• Introduction to generative AI, its capabilities, and uses

• Reasoning models used to improve AI response quality

• Concept of autonomous AI agents and their possible functions

• Overview of artificial general intelligence and future challenges

• Practical exercises to apply the learned concepts
  

Ethical use

• Ethical principles to follow when using AI, including data privacy

• Practical advice for responsible and effective AI use

• Discussion on the potential for generative AI to replace human tasks
  

By the end of the training, participants will be able to:

• Understand what AI is and how it developed since the middle of the 20th century

• Understand what LLMs and GenAI are and why they make AI more applicable and accessible

• Understand the limitations and drawbacks of AI

• Understand the potential of AI, which tasks it can replace or aid with, and which tasks are beyond its reach

• Obtain basic AI fluency

This introductory course is intended for a broad audience interested in deepening their understanding of contemporary AI technologies.