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Finland offers free online Artificial Intelligence course to anyone, anywhere

199 points by yarapavan 9y ago

BrockSamson 9y ago
I'm always a fan of free educational tools, especially ones that cross traditional borders.
andreke 9y ago
Wow, this is awesome. This is a great way to help everyone take a step forward into the future. The public having a larger understanding of AI will be extremely important as it becomes a larger part of our lives.
rexreed 9y ago
This looks like a high level "What is AI" 'course'. Not really practical except for the manager or generalist trying to understand what AI is.
- valtsu 9y ago
  exactly! This course is made for non-technical people. We are planning to do a followup course later on with programming skills required. (I'm a member of the Elements of AI team)
  - stevekemp 9y ago
    It's a great initiative regardless of depth. I love seeing Finland mentioned here :)
  - Amygaz 8y ago
    Keep us posted. But this looks good. I think it is important for tech people to know what is the level out there.
  - anfilt 8y ago
    When do you plan to do the follow up?
    - valtsu 8y ago
      the plan currently is end of 2018/early 2019
- KC8ZKF 9y ago
  Or a legislator or a citizen.
- deleted 8y ago
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projectramo 9y ago
So do Coursera, Udacity, EdX, Apple, and (I assume) MIT. I would say that we need a new AI course like we need a new Javascript framework, but education is different. Different people learn in different ways and it might be useful to have different courses. I wish we could compare all the courses in some kind of overview to see what they do, how they compare, and how well people learn from them.
- gaius 9y ago
  EdX in fact have several, depending on your goals: https://www.edx.org/microsoft-professional-program-artificial-intelligence https://www.edx.org/microsoft-professional-program-artificia... https://www.edx.org/micromasters/columbiax-artificial-intelligence https://www.edx.org/micromasters/columbiax-artificial-intell... https://www.edx.org/learn/artificial-intelligence https://www.edx.org/learn/artificial-intelligence All free to take, you just pay if you want the certificates.
gaius 9y ago
hey want to make Finland the world's most educated country in the field of artificial intelligence The way to do this is almost certainly to make it the world's most educated country in the field of linear algebra first!
- Gravityloss 9y ago
  It's actually likely pretty high up there.
hansoolo 9y ago
Nice that the Nokia dude claims the electricity phrase for himself...
0xdeadbeefbabe 9y ago
If you take the course, begin with the Finish in mind.
deanclatworthy 9y ago
There was a strong interest within our company about this course (I work in an agency in Helsinki). I'm curious if the authors of the course would be willing to share some stats with me: how many people are actively participating vs saying they will (for anyone with @companyname.fi emails). If it's possible, could some of the authors get in touch via my profile :)

199 points by yarapavan 9y ago

I'm always a fan of free educational tools, especially ones that cross traditional borders.

Wow, this is awesome. This is a great way to help everyone take a step forward into the future. The public having a larger understanding of AI will be extremely important as it becomes a larger part of our lives.

rexreed 9y ago

This looks like a high level "What is AI" 'course'. Not really practical except for the manager or generalist trying to understand what AI is.

valtsu 9y ago
exactly! This course is made for non-technical people. We are planning to do a followup course later on with programming skills required. (I'm a member of the Elements of AI team)
- stevekemp 9y ago
  It's a great initiative regardless of depth. I love seeing Finland mentioned here :)
- Amygaz 8y ago
  Keep us posted. But this looks good. I think it is important for tech people to know what is the level out there.
- anfilt 8y ago
  When do you plan to do the follow up?
  - valtsu 8y ago
    the plan currently is end of 2018/early 2019
KC8ZKF 9y ago
Or a legislator or a citizen.
deleted 8y ago
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projectramo 9y ago

So do Coursera, Udacity, EdX, Apple, and (I assume) MIT. I would say that we need a new AI course like we need a new Javascript framework, but education is different. Different people learn in different ways and it might be useful to have different courses. I wish we could compare all the courses in some kind of overview to see what they do, how they compare, and how well people learn from them.

gaius 9y ago
EdX in fact have several, depending on your goals: https://www.edx.org/microsoft-professional-program-artificial-intelligence https://www.edx.org/microsoft-professional-program-artificia... https://www.edx.org/micromasters/columbiax-artificial-intelligence https://www.edx.org/micromasters/columbiax-artificial-intell... https://www.edx.org/learn/artificial-intelligence https://www.edx.org/learn/artificial-intelligence All free to take, you just pay if you want the certificates.

gaius 9y ago

hey want to make Finland the world's most educated country in the field of artificial intelligence The way to do this is almost certainly to make it the world's most educated country in the field of linear algebra first!

Gravityloss 9y ago
It's actually likely pretty high up there.

hansoolo 9y ago

Nice that the Nokia dude claims the electricity phrase for himself...

0xdeadbeefbabe 9y ago

If you take the course, begin with the Finish in mind.

deanclatworthy 9y ago

There was a strong interest within our company about this course (I work in an agency in Helsinki). I'm curious if the authors of the course would be willing to share some stats with me: how many people are actively participating vs saying they will (for anyone with @companyname.fi emails). If it's possible, could some of the authors get in touch via my profile :)