The Core Concepts
Understanding the building blocks of modern intelligent systems.
What is AI?
Artificial Intelligence is about creating machines that think and act smartly. You use it daily in apps like:
Machine Learning Basics
ML teaches computers with examples, not explicit rules. It's a fundamental process for creating predictive models, like estimating house prices from historical data.
Input Data
Train Model
Make Prediction
Generative AI Creates New Content
Unlike traditional AI that analyzes data, GenAI produces entirely new content. The chart below shows the variety of outputs GenAI can produce.
The Power of Language: LLMs
Exploring the models that understand and generate human-like text.
What are Large Language Models?
LLMs are a type of GenAI trained on vast amounts of text data from the internet. Their ability to process language allows them to:
- Answer complex questions
- Summarize long documents
- Translate between languages
- Write source code
Prominent LLM Examples
This chart shows a conceptual representation of the mindshare or prominence of major LLMs in the current landscape.
The Future is Autonomous
Looking at advanced concepts that give AI more agency and better knowledge.
Agentic AI: Your Personal Assistant
Agentic AI takes instructions and formulates a multi-step plan to achieve a goal. It acts as an autonomous agent.
Example Task:
"Plan and book a weekend trip." The AI would find flights, compare hotels, and complete the bookings on your behalf.
RAG: Smarter with External Data
Problem: LLMs can be outdated. Solution: Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) connects them to live knowledge bases.
LLM
Your Data
Better Answers
Your Future in AI
Why these skills matter for your career and how you can get started.
AI's Impact Across Industries
AI is not just a tech-sector skill; it's revolutionizing every major industry, creating huge demand for qualified engineers.
Get Started: Resources & Tools
The best way to learn is by doing. Explore these platforms to find datasets, free computing, and pre-trained models.