Generative AI for Beginners (Microsoft)

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Generative AI for Beginners (Microsoft)

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21 well-structured lessons, a very good open-source introduction to building AI applications.

Microsoft's 21-lesson curriculum on building generative AI applications, from concepts and prompt writing to chatbots, search and RAG.

Official site How to use it

Overview

A well-known GitHub repo from Microsoft Cloud Advocates. The 21 lessons go from the foundations of generative AI and prompt writing to building chat applications, image generation, semantic search, RAG and securing AI applications.

There are 'learn' lessons (explaining concepts) and 'build' lessons (with code). There are many community-contributed translations.

Highlights

21 structured lessons

Learn in order from easy to hard.

Sample code included

Python and TypeScript.

Many translations

The community translates into many languages.

What it's for

A starter path for the team

From knowing nothing to being able to build a chatbot.

Reference when working on a project

Each lesson is a reference example.

How to use it

1
Open the course page
Click Open official page to go to the Microsoft GitHub page.
2
Register an account
Create a free account to save your learning progress.
3
Study lesson by lesson
About 21 lessons in length; split it into 30–60 minutes a day.
4
Apply it to real work right away
After each lesson, try the technique you just learned on a specific task of yours.