Generative AI for Everyone
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Generative AI for Everyone (Deepened 12-Hour Syllabus)
Part 1: The Foundations (3 Hours)
Goal: Understand the "Brain" of AI.
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Hour 1: How LLMs Actually Work. * What is a Large Language Model? (The non-technical logic).
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AI as a "Thought Partner" vs. a Search Engine.
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Hour 2: Capability & Reality.
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What AI can do (Writing, Summarizing, Coding).
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What AI cannot do (Fact-checking issues, "hallucinations," and lack of human judgment).
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Hour 3: Hands-on Lab 1. * Comparing Gemini, ChatGPT, and Claude side-by-side with the same task.
Part 2: Mastery of Prompt Engineering (3 Hours)
Goal: Learn to give instructions like a professional manager.
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Hour 4: The 4-Pillar Prompt.
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Learning the "Context, Task, Constraints, and Format" framework.
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Hour 5: Advanced Prompt Patterns.
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Few-shot prompting (Giving examples to the AI).
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Chain-of-Thought (Asking the AI to "think step-by-step").
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Hour 6: Hands-on Lab 2.
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The Personal Assistant Challenge: Using AI to draft a week’s worth of professional emails and meeting agendas in 15 minutes.
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Part 3: AI in Business & Software (3 Hours)
Goal: Understanding the lifecycle of an AI project.
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Hour 7: RAG & Fine-Tuning.
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Understanding how businesses connect AI to their own private data (Retrieval Augmented Generation).
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Hour 8: Cost & Choice.
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How to choose the right model for a job.
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"Cost Intuition": Understanding the price of using AI at scale.
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Hour 9: Hands-on Lab 3.
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The Image Lab: Using Generative AI (like Midjourney or DALL-E) to create professional marketing visuals for a business idea.
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Part 4: Strategy, Ethics & The Future (3 Hours)
Goal: Managing AI in the real world.
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Hour 10: AI Transformation & Workflow.
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How to analyze your daily tasks to see what can be automated.
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Building an AI "Squad" in a company.
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Hour 11: Responsible AI & Bias.
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Identifying bias in AI outputs.
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Security: How to keep your private data safe when using LLMs.
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Hour 12: Capstone Project.
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The Workflow Blueprint: Create a plan to automate 3 major tasks in his specific field (e.g., Data Reporting or Student Management).
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Commencement
May 11, 2026
Duration
12 Hours
Course Fee
24000
Course Level
Location
Category
Information Technology (IT) , Information Systems , Information Science
Contact Details
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