Elements of AI is an online course that you can do at any time and in any pace at https://www.elementsofai.com/. The course is a self study course of the online material and is examined through self correcting and peer reviewed exercises. When you have completed Elements of AI (either the Swedish or the English version of the course) you can register to this course to get your results validated. To verify that you have really taken the online course, you have to upload your certificate from Elements of AI and do a validation test with questions similar to the ones in the online course. For more information see https://www.ida.liu.se/~ETE318/info/courseinfo.en.shtml.
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Elements of AI
Elements of AI
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND COMMUNICATION SCIENCES
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Description
The course aims to give an introduction and overview of artificial intelligence. The focus is on understanding the concept and some important techniques such as search and machine learning as well as consequences of AI on society.
- Topics
- Study format
- Online
- Application period
- 15 August 2023 – 1 January 2024
- Study period
- 21 August 2023 – 14 January 2024
- Credits
- 2 ECTS
- Pace
- 0%
- Hosting university
- Linköping University
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Learning outcomes
Basic knowledge I
Distinguish between realistic and unrealistic AI (science fiction vs. real life).
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Critical thinking I
Express some basic philosophical problems related to AI.
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Application of theory I
Formulate a simple real-world problem as a search problem.
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Application of theory II
Apply the Bayes rule to infer risks in simple scenarios.
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Application of theory III
Explain the base-rate fallacy and how to avoid it by applying Bayesian reasoning.
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Basic knowledge II
Distinguish between unsupervised and supervised machine learning scenarios.
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Knowledge II
Explain the principles of some supervised classification methods.
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Knowledge III
Explain what a neural network is and where they are being successfully used.
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Knowledge IV
Understand the technical methods that underpin neural networks.
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Critical thinking II
Understand the difficulty in predicting the future and be able to better evaluate the claims made about AI.
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Critical thinking III
Identify some of the major societal implications of AI.
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Problem solving
Generate ideas
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Media and information literacy
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Understanding and analysing numerical and statistical information
Digital competence
Analysing and evaluating media content
Locating and accessing information
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Entrepreneurship, technology and innovation
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Project management
Social innovation
Working with technology
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Information
Elements of AI is an online course that you can do at any time and in any pace at https://www.elementsofai.com/. The course is a self study course of the online material and is examined through self correcting and peer reviewed exercises. When you have completed Elements of AI (either the Swedish or the English version of the course) you can register to this course to get your results validated. To verify that you have really taken the online course, you have to upload your certificate from Elements of AI and do a validation test with questions similar to the ones in the online course. For more information see https://www.ida.liu.se/~ETE318/info/courseinfo.en.shtml.
Hosting university
Linköping University
