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Foundation Models and Generative AI (6.S087)

Foundation Models and Generative AI (6.S087) is a free MIT OpenCourseWare undergraduate course, taught in January 2024 by Rickard Gabrielsson, on the foundation models and generative AI behind recent breakthroughs, with lecture videos.

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Who it suits

  • Curious learners and students who want a university-level explanation of what is behind ChatGPT-style systems.
  • Self-learners who prefer lecture videos and course materials they can take at their own pace.

What it covers

  • What foundation models and generative AI are, and why they are changing so much.
  • The kinds of learning they rely on, including supervised learning and reinforcement learning.
  • The breakthroughs the course starts from: ChatGPT, Copilot, CLIP, Dall-E, Stable Diffusion and AlphaFold.

Common questions about Foundation Models and Generative AI (6.S087)

Who teaches it?
MIT lists Rickard Gabrielsson as the instructor, in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
What level is it?
MIT lists it as undergraduate, taught in the January IAP in 2024.
What do I get?
MIT OpenCourseWare lists lecture videos among the course materials. OpenCourseWare is free to use; it does not give credit or a certificate.

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