AI for Everyone: Master the Basics
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Learn the basics of AI and its applications, understand its impacts on society, and explore a potential career in AI with this course. Earn a skill badge upon completion.

Language
- English
Topic
- Artificial Intelligence
Skills You Will Learn
- Generative AI, Natural Language Processing, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, AI
Offered By
- IBMSkillsNetwork
Estimated Effort
- 13Hours4Minutes
Platform
- edX
Last Update
- June 2, 2025
In this course, you will learn what AI is and understand its applications and use cases and how it is transforming our lives. You will explore basic AI concepts including machine learning, deep learning, and neural networks as well as use cases and applications of AI. You will be exposed to concerns surrounding AI, including ethics, bias, jobs and the impacts on society.
You will take a glimpse of the future with AI, get advice for starting an AI related career, and wrap up the course by demonstrating AI in action with a mini project.
This AI for Everyone course does not require any programming or computer science expertise and is designed to introduce the basics of AI to anyone whether you have a technical background or not.

Language
- English
Topic
- Artificial Intelligence
Skills You Will Learn
- Generative AI, Natural Language Processing, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, AI
Offered By
- IBMSkillsNetwork
Estimated Effort
- 13Hours4Minutes
Platform
- edX
Last Update
- June 2, 2025
Instructors
Rav Ahuja
Global Program Director, IBM Skills Network
Rav Ahuja is a Global Program Director at IBM. He leads growth strategy, curriculum creation, and partner programs for the IBM Skills Network. Rav co-founded Cognitive Class, an IBM led initiative to democratize skills for in demand technologies. He is based out of the IBM Canada Lab in Toronto and specializes in instructional solutions for AI, Data, Software Engineering and Cloud. Rav presents at events worldwide and has authored numerous papers, articles, books and courses on subjects in managing and analyzing data. Rav holds B. Eng. from McGill University and MBA from University of Western Ontario.
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