Google and Goodwill are providing a free AI course that aims to educate 200,000 individuals on the fundamentals of AI, particularly generative AI. The course is approximately 6 to 7 hours long, with content designed to be engaging and informative. Participants can complete it in a shorter period by watching videos at increased speed. The course balances information about AI's capabilities and limitations, touching on competing technologies such as Microsoft Copilot and Anthropic Claude. Goodwill, recognized primarily as a thrift store, is also the largest nonprofit provider of workforce development in the U.S.
The course is described as a 6-to-7-hour course, and that's about right. I watched a bunch of the videos at 1.5× speed, so I got through the whole thing in about four hours.
It's balanced, in that the course covers the problems and limits of AI, and Google even mentions competitive chatbots, Microsoft Copilot, and Anthropic Claude.
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