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Google AI Essentials Specialization
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Google AI Essentials Specialization

Boost Your Productivity with AI Tools. New to AI? Learn from Google experts how AI can help you speed up daily tasks and spark new ideas.

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Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • Use generative AI tools to help develop ideas and content, make more informed decisions, and speed up daily work tasks

  • Write clear and specific prompts to get the output you want - you’ll apply prompting techniques to help summarize, create tag lines, and more

  • Use AI responsibly by identifying AI’s potential biases and avoiding harm

  • Develop strategies to stay up-to-date in the emerging landscape of AI

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Specialization - 5 course series

Introduction to AI

Course 11 hour

What you'll learn

  • Define the field of AI

  • Explain how AI functions at a basic level, including how AI technology is trained to learn from data

  • Describe the capabilities and limitations of AI tools

  • Recognize the importance of human oversight when using AI

Skills you'll gain

Category: Critical Thinking

What you'll learn

  • Recognize how generative AI can be used for several different workplace applications

  • Describe how AI tools are powered by AI models to produce outputs

  • Identify opportunities to leverage AI for increased productivity and optimized work processes

What you'll learn

  • Create prompts that provide clear and specific instructions for a variety of use cases

  • Describe the role of writing effective prompts in producing LLM output

  • Analyze the output of an LLM model and refine prompts as needed

  • Apply specific prompting techniques, including few-shot prompting

Use AI Responsibly

Course 445 minutes

What you'll learn

  • Identify AI harms and their potential impact on users and social structures

  • Recognize possible privacy and security repercussions of AI use

  • Explain risks and biases that are inherent to modern AI and best practices for how to approach them

What you'll learn

  • Develop strategies to stay up-to-date in the emerging landscape of AI

  • Evaluate additional AI tools and their potential for future application in the workplace

  • Identify opportunities for leveraging AI in the workplace

Skills you'll gain

Category: Innovation
Category: Critical Thinking
Category: Machine Learning

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