{"id":40,"date":"2021-05-06T10:16:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-06T06:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alphonsedevasia.com\/blog\/?p=40"},"modified":"2022-08-07T08:31:59","modified_gmt":"2022-08-07T04:31:59","slug":"elements-of-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alphonsedevasia.com\/blog\/elements-of-ai\/","title":{"rendered":"Elements of AI introduces and builds AI for non-experts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.elementsofai.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Elements of AI<\/a> is a series of free online courses created by MinnaLearn and the University of Helsinki for non-experts. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elementsofai.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/alphonsedevasia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/elements-of-ai-806x440-1.webp\" alt=\"Elements of AI introduces and builds AI for non-experts\" class=\"wp-image-41\" width=\"268\" height=\"146\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alphonsedevasia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/elements-of-ai-806x440-1.webp 806w, https:\/\/alphonsedevasia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/elements-of-ai-806x440-1-300x164.webp 300w, https:\/\/alphonsedevasia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/elements-of-ai-806x440-1-768x419.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 268px) 100vw, 268px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The free courses encourage as broad a group of people as possible to learn what AI is, what can (and can\u2019t) be done with AI, and how to start creating AI methods. 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