Video course · 15 chapters · 704 min · certificate
Learn Generative AI: Free Full Course on LLMs, RAG, and Agents
A full generative AI course: AI history and types, agentic AI, the GenAI value chain, hands-on APIs, transformers, Hugging Face and inference pipelines, RAG with LangChain, prompt templates, open-source models and AI agents with tools.
What you'll learn
- Explain AI types and the history of generative AI
- Distinguish generative and agentic AI
- Call models through APIs in Python
- Explain the transformer architecture
- Use Hugging Face models and pipelines
- Build RAG with LangChain and agents with tools
Chapters
15 chapters · 704:07-
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01Foundations Members
AI fundamentals
What AI is, its history and evolution, and the types of AI.
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15:07
02Agents Members
Agentic AI
Agentic AI goes a step beyond generative AI by taking actions toward goals.
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38:06
03GenAI Members
Introduction to generative AI
Splitting AI into parts, where applications stand, and how we get to more general systems.
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19:13
04Industry Members
The GenAI value chain
Who builds what: model makers, platforms and applications.
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48:54
05Hands-on Members
Hands-on with APIs
Calling models through the OpenAI API in Python.
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107:05
06Transformers Members
Transformer architecture
How transformers work and how GenAI can automate workflows like customer service.
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6:22
07Tools Members
The Transformers library
Multi-head attention and stacked blocks, and the Transformers library.
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112:53
08Hugging Face Members
Hugging Face
Accessing models on Hugging Face and reading model cards.
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103:33
09Pipelines Members
Inference pipelines
Using inference pipelines to apply models to real tasks.
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26:24
10RAG Members
Introduction to RAG
Why models state wrong facts and how retrieval-augmented generation helps.
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37:41
11RAG Members
How RAG works
Embedding documents and queries, retrieving similar articles, and generating grounded answers.
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32:44
12LangChain Members
RAG with LangChain
Building RAG with LangChain loaders and chains.
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36:11
13LangChain Members
Prompt templates
Using prompt templates with variables and chaining steps.
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10:11
14Open source Members
Open-source models
Accessing free open-source models locally or through the cloud.
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100:20
15Agents Members
AI agents and tools
Building AI agents that use tools, and installing what's needed.
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