S Oracle Cloud Infrastructure AI Foundations LVC

Module 1: Course Introduction

• OCI AI Foundations Overview
• Employees Want AI at Work
• AI Helps Break the Career Ceiling
• AI is Going Mainstream
• Target Audience: Who Should Take This Course
• Course Outline
• Get Certified for FREE!
• Course Instructors
• Maximizing Your Learning Experience
• Getting Answers and Support
• Ratings and Feedback
• Keep Progressing: Path to Success

Module 2: Introduction to AI

• Objectives
• What is Artificial Intelligence?
• Human Intelligence
• AI Examples and Terminology
• Why AI is Needed
• AI Domains and Examples
• AI Tasks and Data
• Commonly Used AI Domains
• Language-Related AI Tasks & Text as Data
• Language AI Models
• Speech-Related AI Tasks & Audio as Data
• Audio and Speech AI Models
• Vision-Related AI Tasks & Images as Data
• Vision AI Models
• Other AI Tasks
• AI vs. ML vs. DL
• Relationship Between AI, ML, and DL
• Machine Learning Basics
• Using ML for Predictions, Insights, and Clustering
• Deep Learning and Neural Networks
• Generative AI Overview

Module 3: Machine Learning Foundations

• Objectives
• What is Machine Learning?
• Machine Learning Examples and Applications
• ML Model Inputs and Outputs
• ML Example: Classifying Cats and Dogs
• Data Types
• Flavors of Machine Learning
• When ML is Not the Optimal Solution
• Supervised Learning: Classification & Regression
• Logistic Regression
• Evaluation Metrics
• Regression Models & Training
• Unsupervised Learning: Clustering
• Similarity Measures
• Unsupervised Workflow
• Clustering Algorithms (K-Means)
• Machine Learning Use Cases

Module 4: Deep Learning Foundations

• Objectives
• Deep Learning Fundamentals
• What and Why of Deep Learning
• Brief History of Deep Learning
• Types of Deep Learning Algorithms
• Artificial Neural Networks (ANN)
• Building Blocks
• Handwritten Character Recognition Example
• Network Architecture
• Training ANNs
• Sequence Models: Recurrent Neural Networks (RNN) and LSTM
• Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN)
• CNN Layers Overview
• Robotic House Inspection Example
• Feature Extraction and Limitations
• Applications of CNN

Module 5: Generative AI and LLM Foundations

• Objectives
• Introduction to Generative AI
• How it Works
• Difference from Other AI Approaches
• Types and Applications
• Introduction to Large Language Models (LLMs)
• Examples and Features
• Model Size and Parameters
• Transformers
• Recurrent Neural Networks vs. Transformers
• Attention Mechanism
• Encoder-Decoder Architecture, Tokens, Embeddings
• Transformer Model Types
• Prompt Engineering
• LLM Alignment and Instruction Following
• In-Context Learning, Few-Shot Prompting, Chain-of-Thought Prompting
• Hallucination and Customization with Your Data
• Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)
• LLM Fine-Tuning and Inference

Module 6: OCI AI Portfolio

• Objectives
• AI Services Overview for the Enterprise
• Oracle AI Stack
• Ways to Access OCI AI Services
• Language, Vision, Speech, Document Understanding, Digital Assistant
• ML Services Overview
• OCI Data Science: Core Principles, Features, and Terminology
• Data Labeling and Its Use in AI/ML Lifecycle
• Oracle Machine Learning in Databases
• AI Infrastructure
• GPU Architecture
• OCI GPU Instances (A100 80GB Deep Dive)
• Cluster Networking and Storage
• AI Infrastructure Case Study
• Responsible AI
• Trustworthy AI Principles
• Ethical Requirements
• Healthcare AI Challenges

Module 7: OCI Generative AI Service

• OCI Generative AI Introduction
• How OCI Generative AI Service Works
• Pretrained Foundational Models & Fine-Tuning
• Dedicated AI Clusters
• AI Vector Search in Oracle Database 23ai
• Vector Embedding Generation
• Vector Datatype, Distance Function, SQL
• Vector Index Syntax and Search
• Similarity Search and Gen AI Pipelines
• Natural Language Queries with Select AI
• Demonstration and Chat with Your Data
• Translate Language to Oracle SQL
• Developing Apps with Select AI
• Easy Configuration for Natural Language Queries
• SQL Query Generation Flow
• Key Takeaways

Module 8: OCI AI Services

• Objectives
• OCI Language Services
• OCI Speech Services
• Console Walkthrough
• OCI Vision Services
• Image Analysis and Console Walkthrough
• Document Understanding / Document AI
• Oracle AI APIs and SDKs