Generative AI in a Nutshell (The Course) (The Course)
Course Info
This course includes 5 attempts.
Hi everyone, Henrik here: This Leanpub course is basically the book content, plus 16 quizzes and 16 exercises to help you focus. It's for people who want to learn the material for work, but their company would rather pay for them to do a course than to sit around in their pyjamas and fuzzy slippers reading a book :) Let me know what you think!
Welcome to the strange new world of Generative AI! This course is a fast-paced, practical, and mostly human-written guide to what the heck is going on, and what you can do about it. It is like an extended version of Henrik's viral video with the same name.
This course covers questions like: What is generative AI? How does it work? How do I use it? What are some of the risks & limitations? It also covers topics like how to lead an AI transformation, autonomous agents, the role of us humans, prompt engineering tips, AI-powered product development, different types of models, and some tips about mindset and how not to freak out.
Everything is explained in plain English with Henrik's signature hand-drawn illustrations and concrete real-life examples. Minimum use of jargon and buzzwords.
Don't just survive the Age of AI — learn how to thrive in it!
This course is based on the book Generative AI in a Nutshell: How to Survive and Thrive in the Age of AI. It was generated from the book using CourseAI.
Course Material
- Part 1 - In a Nutshell
- Introduction
- Lesson 1: How it Works
- Lesson Material
- Exercise
- Exercise 1
- Quiz
- Quiz 12 attempts allowed
- Lesson 2: Large Language Model Training
- Lesson Material
- Exercise
- Exercise 2
- Quiz
- Quiz 22 attempts allowed
- Lesson 3: Limitations
- Lesson Material
- Exercise
- Exercise 3
- Quiz
- Quiz 32 attempts allowed
- Lesson 4: Model Types
- Lesson Material
- Exercise
- Exercise 4
- Quiz
- Quiz 42 attempts allowed
- Lesson 5: Multimodal Models, Emergent Capabilities, and the Age of AI
- Lesson Material
- Exercise
- Exercise 5
- Quiz
- Quiz 52 attempts allowed
- Lesson 6: Mindset
- Lesson Material
- Exercise
- Exercise 6
- Quiz
- Quiz 62 attempts allowed
- Lesson 7: The Role of Humans
- Lesson Material
- Exercise
- Exercise 7
- Quiz
- Quiz 72 attempts allowed
- Lesson 8: Prompt Engineering and Building AI-Powered Products
- Lesson Material
- Exercise
- Exercise 8
- Quiz
- Quiz 82 attempts allowed
- Lesson 9: Autonomous Agents with Tools
- Lesson Material
- Exercise
- Exercise 9
- Quiz
- Quiz 92 attempts allowed
- Part 1 Wrap up
- Part 2 - Beyond the Nutshell
- Lesson 10: My Journey into AI
- Lesson Material
- Exercise
- Exercise 10
- Quiz
- Quiz 102 attempts allowed
- Lesson 11: Leading an AI transformation
- Lesson Material
- Avoid using AI to fire people
- Exercise
- Exercise 11
- Quiz
- Quiz 112 attempts allowed
- Interlude: Egbert’s Life Story
- Lesson 12: Prompt Engineering Techniques
- Lesson Material
- Exercise
- Exercise 12
- Quiz
- Quiz 122 attempts allowed
- Lesson 13: Prompt Generation (or The Angry Grandma) and Retrieval Augmented Generation and Function Calling
- Prompt Generation
- Approach 1: Including all data
- Exercise
- Exercise 13
- Quiz
- Quiz 132 attempts allowed
- Lesson 14: The AI Doctor and the AI Nutrionist
- Lesson Material
- Exercise
- Exercise 14
- Quiz
- Quiz 142 attempts allowed
- Lesson 15: The AI Career Coach and the AI Book Editor
- Lesson Material
- Exercise
- Exercise 15
- Quiz
- Quiz 152 attempts allowed
- Lesson 16: The AI Software Engineer, the AI Journalist Who Became a TV Star, and the AI Butler with a Will of His Own
- Lesson Material
- Exercise
- Exercise 16
- Quiz
- Quiz 162 attempts allowed
- A Safety Experiment
- The Meta-Chapter (or Bookception)
- How this book (and the video) came to be
Instructors
Henrik Kniberg is Chief Scientist and cofounder of Ymnig.ai. Henrik’s focus is the practical application of Generative AI in product development and other areas. He explores the frontiers of this technology, builds AI agents and AI-powered products, and teaches courses and workshops on how to use this technology effectively. He created the viral video ”Generative AI in a Nutshell” and the book with the same name, and created AI agents for the Swedish TV documentary series Generation AI.
Henrik’s background is Minecraft gameplay design & development at Mojang, and agile/lean coaching at LEGO and Spotify and other product companies. He is also co-founder of Hups.com.
Henrik is well-known for his books ”Scrum and XP from the Trenches” and ”Kanban and Scrum, making the most of both” and ”Lean from the Trenches”, his viral videos ”Agile Product Ownership in a Nutshell” and ”Spotify Engineering Culture” (commonly referred to as the Spotify Model), and silly metaphors like the skateboard metaphor for product development, and ping pong balls to demonstrate the concept of flow. Henrik has also been engaged in climate change – he created the video Friendly Guide to Climate Change and cofounded GoClimate.com.
He lives in Stockholm with his wife and four kids and a bunch of random music instruments.
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