Artificial Intelligence: An Overview

'Artificial Intelligence: An Overview' is an online course on AI by the Polytechnic University of Milan. An introduction to AI for non-technical people, this course will help you go from 0 to AI in under 8 hours. 

Fully self-paced and available online, the course is ideal for anyone interested in exploring AI from the fundamentals to societal implications, and understanding more about the theories behind the technology. 

Topics 

• History of AI: from the ideas that led to the birth of AI as a concept, to the first goals and tasks. 
• AI Today: what is the current reality in the field? How has the technology grown? And why does it seem that all of a sudden, it is everywhere around us? 
• AI Research Areas: what are the key techniques and methodologies that underpin AI? Learn about AI cognition and perception and dig deeper into some of the challenges that are emerging as policymakers are establishing regulatory frameworks. 
• AI and National Strategies: why do we need national strategies on AI? The European Union is a leader in this field, and other counties are following suit. Discover how the AI landscape looks like in China and the US, compared to Europe. 
• Italian and European Players: A summary of the main players and interviews with high-level experts in AI. 

Learning outcomes

Those who complete this MOOC will be able to: 

• Explain the seminal ideas leading to the birth of AI, the major difficulties and how the international community overtook them.
• Describe what AI is today in terms of goals, scientific community, companies’ interests.
• Describe the taxonomy of the know-how on AI in terms of techniques, software and hardware methodologies.
• Explain the need for national strategies on AI and identify the major Italian and European players on AI.