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Duration 14 hours
Course Outline
AI Programming Fundamentals
- Defining AI programming: core concepts and illustrative examples
- Public sector AI applications: chatbots, content summarizers, and intelligent search engines
- Contrasting AI models with traditional programming logic
Introductory Python for AI Applications
- Composing initial Python scripts
- Managing data structures and control flow logic
- Exploring key libraries for AI programming: requests, pandas, and json
Integrating AI APIs
- Understanding APIs and securely accessing AI models
- Transmitting text and structured data to AI models
- Utilizing APIs from OpenAI, Cohere, or Hugging Face
Developing Basic AI Tools
- Constructing a document summarization tool
- Designing a chatbot prototype for citizen services
- Applying AI to automatically label public datasets
Assessing Output Quality and Limitations
- Comprehending the probabilistic nature of AI behavior
- Mastering prompt engineering to manage output quality
- Conducting red-teaming exercises to identify bias and hallucinations in prototypes
Compliance, Ethics, and Responsible Development
- Meeting privacy and explainability requirements within government frameworks
- Comparing open-source and proprietary models: advantages and disadvantages
- Establishing a checklist for safe experimentation and scalable deployment
Recap and Future Steps
Requirements
- Foundational experience working with spreadsheets or structured data
- Basic familiarity with public sector service delivery or analytical tasks
- No prior programming background is necessary, as introductory Python concepts will be taught
Target Audience
- Public servants and analysts investigating AI integration into daily operations
- Digital government professionals looking to acquire hands-on AI integration skills
- Government teams focused on innovation, transformation, and research
Testimonials (1)
I got to learn more about Microsoft Copilot, something that I thought was the same as chatGPT but I got to discover more exciting options that I will forever use to make my life easy.
