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Free Courses on LLMs and Generative AI: Where to Start

A collection of free courses on LLMs and Generative AI - from basics to practice and prompt engineering. They genuinely provide a start without unnecessary expenses.

Authors: slavb18

Want to get into AI but don't know where to start? I've put together a selection of free courses on LLMs and Generative AI that genuinely provide a solid foundation (and more 👇).

1. LLM Fundamentals

Introduction to Large Language Models coursera.org/learn/introduction-to-large-language-models
Introduction to LLMs (Google Cloud, Udacity) udacity.com/course/introduction-large-language-models-google-cloud
Master Large Language Models (DataCamp) datacamp.com/courses/large-language-models-llms-concepts

2. Generative AI

Generative AI with LLMs coursera.org/learn/generative-ai-with-llms
ChatGPT Teach-Out coursera.org/learn/chatgpt-teach-out

3. Practice and Code

Introduction to LLMs in Python datacamp.com/courses/introduction-to-llms-in-python
Fine-tuning LLMs (Practical Project) coursera.org/projects/finetuning-large-language-models-project

4. Prompt Engineering

Prompt Engineering for ChatGPT coursera.org/learn/prompt-engineering

5. Business and Application

Large Language Models for Business datacamp.com/courses/large-language-models-for-business

💡 My Advice

Don't go through everything indiscriminately. Take a combination:

Fundamentals - LLM intro
Prompt engineering
Python / practice

And apply it immediately - otherwise, you'll forget everything in a week.

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