Generative AI for Beginners (Microsoft)

About this course

Microsoft's free 18-lesson course on building generative AI applications, from how large language models work to prompts, chat apps, search and fine-tuning. Who it's for: developers and students who know a little programming and want to build with AI. These are the free, official videos of the "Generative AI for Beginners" playlist from the Microsoft Developer YouTube channel (youtube.com/@MicrosoftDeveloper). All videos belong to Microsoft; Sikhami is not affiliated with Microsoft and simply arranges the public playlist into a course, so you can learn one lesson at a time and keep track of your progress.

What you will learn

• Generative AI and large language models (LLMs), and how different LLMs compare • Using generative AI responsibly • Prompt engineering, from the basics to advanced prompts • Building text generation, chat and search applications • Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) and vector databases • Image generation, low-code AI apps, function calling and AI agents • Securing AI apps, and fine-tuning LLMs

Course content

1 section · 18 lectures · 4h 23m

1. 1. Generative AI for Beginners

   • Introduction to Generative AI and LLMs [Pt 1] | Generative AI for Beginners10m
   • Exploring and comparing different LLMs [Pt 2] | Generative AI for Beginners21m
   • Using Generative AI Responsibly [Pt 3] | Generative AI for Beginners9m
   • Understanding Prompt Engineering Fundamentals [Pt 4] | Generative AI for Beginners23m
   • Creating Advanced Prompts [Pt 5] | Generative AI for Beginners17m
   • Building Text Generation Applications [Pt 6] | Generative AI for Beginners15m
   • Building Chat Applications [Pt 7] | Generative AI for Beginners13m
   • Building Search Apps Vector Databases [Pt 8] | Generative AI for Beginners18m
   • Building Image Generation Applications [Pt 9] | Generative AI for Beginners22m
   • Building Low Code AI Applications [Pt 10] | Generative AI for Beginners16m
   • Integrating External Applications with Function Calling [Pt 11] | Generative AI for Beginners9m
   • Designing UX for AI Applications [Pt 12] | Generative AI for Beginners12m
   • Securing Your Generative AI Applications [Pt 13] | Generative AI for Beginners8m
   • The Generative AI Application Lifecycle [Pt 14] | Generative AI for Beginners12m
   • Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) and Vector Databases [Pt 15] | Generative AI for Beginners11m
   • Open Source Models and Hugging Face [Pt 16] | Generative AI for Beginners11m
   • AI Agents [Pt 17] | Generative AI for Beginners8m
   • Fine-Tuning LLMs [Pt 18] | Generative AI for Beginners20m