Oracle Cloud Infrastructure AI Foundations

Course details

Ready to build a solid foundation in AI and machine learning on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)? This course introduces beginners to AI and ML, with a focus on their practical applications in OCI. Explore the AI landscape, the fundamentals of deep learning, and the role of generative AI and large language models (LLMs) in modern computing. Learn about OCI Generative AI services, the Oracle Vector Search, and other OCI AI services—such as vision, speech, language, and document understanding—through a structured approach that is both effective and engaging. By the end of this course, you’ll be prepared to tackle the OCI AI Foundations exam with confidence.

Learning objectives
Describe the fundamentals of generative AI and LLMs.
Differentiate between various machine learning and deep learning architectures.
Explore the Oracle AI stack, including infrastructure, data, ML, and AI services.
Describe OCI’s extensive AI tools and services portfolio.
Analyze ML fundamentals, focusing on supervised and unsupervised learning techniques.
Examine deep learning through convolutional and sequence models such as CNNs, RNNs, and LSTMs.
Evaluate the capabilities and applications of generative AI models and language frameworks.
Leverage OCI AI Services, OCI ML Services, OCI Generative AI, Oracle 23ai, and Oracle Select AI.

Concepts

Introduction

Course welcome

AI Foundations

Module intro
Introduction to AI
AI - Tasks and data
Demo - AI
AI vs. ML vs. DL

Machine Learning Foundations

Module intro
Introduction to machine learning
Supervised learning - Regression
Supervised learning - Classification
Demo - Introduction to Jupyter Notebooks
Demo - Basic machine learning, part 1
Demo - Basic machine learning, part 2
Unsupervised learning
Reinforcement learning

Deep Learning Foundations

Module intro
Introduction to deep learning
Deep learning models - Sequence models
Deep learning models - CNN
Demo - Classification with multilayer perceptron

Generative AI and LLM Foundations

Module intro
Introduction to generative AI
Introduction to large language models
Transformers, part 1
Transformers, part 2
Prompt engineering
Customize LLMs with your data

OCI AI Portfolio

Module intro
AI services overview
ML services overview
AI infrastructure
GPUs and superclusters in OCI
Responsible AI
Demo - Data science

OCI Generative AI Service

Module intro
OCI generative AI
Demo - OCI generative AI
Vector search
Select AI

OCI AI Services

Language intro
Demo - Language
Speech intro
Demo - Speech
Vision intro
Demo - Vision
Document understanding
Demo - Document understanding