Mastering Generative AI

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Course Overview

Generative AI is revolutionizing industries by enabling machines to create humanlike content, including text, images, audio, and video. This 3-day hands-on course provides a comprehensive understanding of generative models, including GPT, GANs, VAEs, and diffusion models. Participants will gain practical experience in building, fine-tuning, and deploying generative AI solutions for real-world applications such as text generation, AI art, chatbot development, and content automation. The course is designed for professionals looking to integrate AI driven solutions into their businesses or research.


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Description

Course Outline


Day 1: Foundations of Generative AI 

Session 1: Introduction to Generative AI 

  • What is Generative AI?
  • History and evolution of generative models 
  • Applications across industries (art, finance, healthcare, gaming, etc.) 
  • Ethical considerations and challenges 


Session 2: Understanding Core Generative Models 

  • Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) 
  • Variational Autoencoders (VAEs) 
  • Transformer-based models (GPT, BERT, T5, etc.) 
  • Diffusion models (Stable Diffusion, DALL·E) 


Session 3: Building Your First Generative Model 

  • Setting up Python environment (TensorFlow/PyTorch)
  • Hands-on: Implementing a basic VAE or GAN
  • Fine-tuning parameters and evaluating generated outputs 


Session 4: Generative AI for Text Generation 

  • Language models and their architectures (GPT-3, GPT-4, LLaMA)
  • Prompt engineering techniques 
  • Hands-on: Generating text with OpenAI’s API or Hugging Face models 


Day 2: Advanced Techniques & Applications 

Session 5: Image and Video Generation

  • Diffusion models and their role in AI art generation 
  • Training GANs for image synthesis 
  • Hands-on: Generating images with Stable Diffusion 


Session 6: Audio and Music Generation 

  • AI-generated music (Jukebox, Magenta) 
  • AI voice synthesis and text-to-speech (TTS) 
  • Hands-on: Creating AI-generated voice or music samples


Session 7: Multimodal Generative AI (Text-to-Image, Image-to-Text, etc.) 

  • Understanding CLIP and DALL·E 
  • Hands-on: Generating text-based images and vice versa 


Day 3: Real-World Projects and Deployment 

Session 8: AI-Powered Chatbots and Virtual Assistants 

  • Building AI-driven chatbots using generative models 
  • Integrating AI-generated responses into applications 
  • Hands-on: Creating an AI chatbot 


Session 9: Generative AI for Business and Industry 

  • Use cases in marketing, healthcare, and finance
  • Case studies: AI in product design, data augmentation, automation 
  • Hands-on: AI-generated content for business applications 


Session 10: Future Trends & Ethical AI 

  • The future of generative AI 
  • Ethical AI, bias, and responsible AI development 
  • Discussion and final project presentations