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AI Fundamentals

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AI Fundamentals

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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
4.8

3,026 reviews

Beginner level

Recommended experience

Flexible schedule
3 hours to complete
Learn at your own pace
97%
Most learners liked this course

What you'll learn

  • Understand fundamental generative AI concepts and build a foundation for professional AI use. 

  • Construct effective prompts using a structured framework to generate high-quality, relevant outputs for workplace tasks.

  • Evaluate AI-generated outputs for accuracy and bias and apply critical thinking to ensure responsible and ethical AI use. 

  • Analyze your professional workflow to identify high-impact opportunities to collaborate with AI.

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There are 6 modules in this course

Ready to move beyond the buzz and see real results with AI? This course covers the fundamentals of working with AI, like understanding its strengths and limitations so you can leverage it effectively at work. You’ll learn how to give AI clear and specific instructions, called prompts, and how to use AI responsibly by maintaining a “human-in-the-loop” approach.

By the end of this course, you will: • Adopt a new way of working with AI, moving beyond a simple task completer to a professional collaborator. • Apply prompting techniques to brainstorm new ideas and build a library of reusable prompts for daily tasks. • Practice prompt chaining to solve complex, multi-step problems. • Generate custom images by learning how to effectively communicate your creative vision. • Use responsible judgement to apply AI confidently.

Shift your mindset from using AI as a task completer to using AI as a collaborator.

What's included

3 videos1 reading

3 videosTotal 6 minutes
  • AI fundamentals3 minutes
  • Adopt a collaborative mindset with AI2 minutes
  • Maya, what advice do you have for people getting started with AI? 1 minute
1 readingTotal 4 minutes
  • Three ways to collaborate with AI 4 minutes

Learn how to use labs for hands-on experience with AI. Get the most out of Gemini with Google AI Pro, then start using Gemini by brainstorming ideas.

What's included

1 video2 readings1 app item1 ungraded lab1 plugin

1 videoTotal 1 minute
  • Carol, how has AI been blowing your mind recently?1 minute
2 readingsTotal 8 minutes
  • Get the most out of labs4 minutes
  • Complete labs with Google AI Pro at no cost 4 minutes
1 app itemTotal 4 minutes
  • Redeem your Google AI Pro trial4 minutes
1 ungraded labTotal 12 minutes
  • Brainstorm ideas with Gemini12 minutes
1 pluginTotal 15 minutes
  • Tell us about your experience with AI in under 2 minutes15 minutes

Discover how AI works and how to leverage its capabilities in the workplace.

What's included

2 videos2 readings

2 videosTotal 10 minutes
  • Learn foundational AI concepts5 minutes
  • Leverage AI features and capabilities for work 4 minutes
2 readingsTotal 12 minutes
  • Fundamentals of machine learning4 minutes
  • Understand AI limitations8 minutes

Learn a prompting framework, then use it to improve the quality of your outputs.

What's included

2 videos1 reading1 ungraded lab

2 videosTotal 7 minutes
  • Learn how to prompt AI to get helpful results6 minutes
  • Mahi, what is your go to prompting trick? 1 minute
1 readingTotal 8 minutes
  • Prompting tips and tricks 8 minutes
1 ungraded labTotal 12 minutes
  • Apply the prompting framework in Gemini12 minutes

Understand advanced prompting techniques and practice prompt chaining.

What's included

1 video2 readings2 ungraded labs

1 videoTotal 1 minute
  • Mahi, what's a hack for giving Gemini context in a new chat?1 minute
2 readingsTotal 12 minutes
  • Prompt chaining strategies8 minutes
  • Generate visuals with AI4 minutes
2 ungraded labsTotal 24 minutes
  • Practice prompt chaining in Gemini12 minutes
  • Create custom images with Gemini12 minutes

Recognize challenges and limitations of working with AI, and learn about AI agents.

What's included

2 videos4 readings1 assignment

2 videosTotal 6 minutes
  • Responsible AI in practice5 minutes
  • Mahi, what should you do if you get a bad response from Gemini?1 minute
4 readingsTotal 20 minutes
  • Responsible AI best practices8 minutes
  • Learn about AI agents8 minutes
  • Claim your course completion badge 2 minutes
  • Get started on the next course2 minutes
1 assignmentTotal 10 minutes
  • Course challenge10 minutes

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Frequently asked questions

In this course, you’ll move beyond using AI as a simple tool and learn how to confidently and responsibly leverage it as your strategic collaborator at work. You’ll learn about AI’s strengths and limitations, how to write clear and specific prompts, and how to apply responsible judgment when using AI. You’ll also gain a foundational understanding of generative AI concepts, like the difference between models, apps and features, how to spot hallucinations, and learn how to evaluate AI outputs for accuracy and bias.

This course is for anyone who wants a practical foundation to start using AI at work. Whether you've tried using AI before or not, this course is a great place to start. By the end of this course, you’ll move from trial and error, to collaborating with AI intentionally. By the end of this course, you’ll be able to write prompts to get the results you need and use AI responsibly.

You will learn how to give AI clear and specific instructions, following a simple prompting framework. You’ll practice evaluating your outputs and iterating until you receive a more helpful result. You will also practice prompt chaining which is a technique for solving complex, multi-step problems by breaking them into smaller stages and guiding the AI through each step. Finally, you’ll gain experience with image generation, multimodal prompting, and meta-prompting.

Yes, you will learn about AI agents. You’ll gain an understanding of what types of tasks agents can help you with, how they work, and how to guide them responsibly.

Yes, you will learn how to employ a human in the loop approach to using AI, and the ACT (ask, check, tell) framework.

The hands-on activities in this course are designed to help you develop fundamental prompting skills. You’ll practice prompting in Gemini, and the skills you learn can be applied to any AI tool.

This course is self-paced and takes about 2 hours to complete. It is the first course in the Google AI Professional Certificate. You can complete the entire certificate in under 10 hours, at your own pace.

This course does not have any prerequisites, and you don’t need any experience with AI to get started.

After you complete the course, you’ll earn a course completion badge from Google to share with your network and potential employers.

No. To help you get the most out of the labs and build a robust portfolio of work, we’re providing a complimentary three-month trial subscription to Google AI Pro (terms apply). While optional and not required to complete your labs or earn your certificate, it gives you expanded access to a suite of our most capable AI models and features.

No. To complete the labs, you can use any browser-based generative AI tool of your choice. Generative AI technology is dynamic and ever-changing, so always double-check the features and capabilities available in the tools you’re using. And, remember to check your organization's AI policy if using AI for work or school.

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Note: to be eligible for this promotion, you must use apersonal Google Account, meet age requirements, and not have previously completed a Google AI Pro trial; current paid subscribers or trial users must cancel their existing subscription to begin a new trial. See full terms and conditions here.

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