Learn more and enroll in the course: https://online.stanford.edu/courses/xfm110-technical-fundamentals-generative-ai
Generative AI is fundamentally reshaping how we work, create, and solve problems across every industry—from manufacturing and healthcare to finance and entertainment. To harness its transformative potential responsibly and effectively, you need more than a surface-level understanding.
Stanford Online's Technical Fundamentals of Generative AI course takes you deep into the mechanics of generative AI through a distinctive conference-style learning experience. Rather than learning from a single perspective, you'll engage with some of the most distinguished experts advancing the field. Developed in collaboration with Stanford's Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI), each speaker brings specialized knowledge on different aspects of generative AI while keeping the human aspect front and center.
You'll move beyond buzzwords to understand how foundation models operate, examining the engineering choices involved in training large language models to understand why certain prompting techniques yield significantly better results. By the end of this course, you will have developed the technical literacy to make informed decisions about generative AI adoption and implementation.