AI Apprenticeship: 10 transformative lessons from learning AI by building it
The AI Apprenticeship online course offers a hands-on approach to learning about generative AI, specifically designed for digital governance, diplomacy, and international relations professionals. Through this course, you will acquire the skills necessary to navigate the changes AI is bringing to institutions worldwide.
The course is all about learning by doing. You’ll explore generative AI (genAI) tools by actively using them and applying your AI knowledge to areas of personal interest. You can select a topic relevant to international relations, diplomacy, or digital governance or select one from those found on the Diplo topics page and DW Observatory topics page.
What will you learn?
- Fundamentals of AI: Understand the foundations of AI, including how it functions, the importance of data, and the significance of models and weights in AI systems.
- Practical skills: Learn data curation, prompt engineering, AI model fine-tuning, and methods to address issues like AI hallucinations.
- Generative AI application: Experience how changes in data, prompts, and weights affect AI-generated responses, and apply these insights to your field of interest.
- Leadership in AI diplomacy: Develop the ability to critically evaluate and utilise AI to address challenges in diplomacy and governance.
Participants who complete the course will receive a certificate awarded by Diplo. The most creative and successful participants will be offered positions as Diplo AI Fellows and participate in Diplo’s research and teaching activities.