AI
AI Foundations
Overview
Understand how modern AI works, what it can and cannot do, and how to start building with it.
A calm, practical introduction to artificial intelligence. You will learn the core ideas behind machine learning, explore how models are trained and evaluated, and finish with a small project you can show to others.
Level
Beginner
Duration
6 weeks
Lessons
16 lessons
Certificate
Included
What you'll learn
- Explain machine learning in plain language
- Tell supervised, unsupervised and reinforcement learning apart
- Evaluate a model with training and test data
- Reason about bias, privacy and responsible use
- Plan and present a small AI project
Curriculum
4 modules · 16 lessons · about 3 hours
Module 1What is AI?4 lessons
- A short history of intelligent machinesvideo12 min
- Rules versus learningtext10 min
- Where AI shows up in daily lifepdf10 min
- Checkpoint: the big picturequiz8 min
Module 2Data and models5 lessons
- Data is the raw materialvideo12 min
- Features and labelstext10 min
- Training, testing and overfittingpdf10 min
- Hands-on: read a confusion matrixtext10 min
- Checkpoint: data and modelsquiz8 min
Module 3Responsible AI4 lessons
- Bias and fairnessvideo12 min
- Privacy and consenttext10 min
- Human oversightpdf10 min
- Checkpoint: responsible usequiz8 min
Module 4Your first AI project3 lessons
- Choosing a problem worth solvingvideo12 min
- Planning the buildtext10 min
- Project: present your ideaproject45 min
Projects & assignments
- Project: present your idea
Requirements
- Curiosity and a laptop
- No programming experience required
Who it's for
- Students exploring technology
- Professionals who want AI literacy
- Makers preparing for the Spark Certified AI Foundations exam
Spark Academy
Course material is designed and maintained by the Spark Academy learning team in collaboration with Spark Labs.
Certificate
A Spark Academy certificate of completion is issued when you finish every lesson. Every credential has a public verification page.
Frequently asked questions
Do I get a certificate?
Yes. A Spark Academy certificate of completion is issued when you finish every lesson.
Can I learn at my own pace?
Yes. All lessons are self-paced and your progress is saved automatically.
Is this demo content?
Course material is development data while the academy is being set up.
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