December 18, 2019 01:03 pm
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Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2019/12/18/21027840/online-course-basics-of-ai-finland-free-elements
Finland is making its online AI crash course free to the world
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge
Last year, Finland launched a free online crash course in artificial intelligence with the aim of educating its citizens about the new technology. Now, as a Christmas present to the world, the European nation is making the six week program available for anyone to take.
Strictly speaking, it’s a present for the European Union. Finland is relinquishing the EU’s rotating presidency at the end of the year, and decided to translate its course into every EU language as a gift to citizens. But there aren’t any geographical restrictions as to who can take the course, so really it’s to the world’s benefit.
The course certainly proved itself in Finland, with more than 1 percent of the Nordic nation’s 5.5 million citizens signing up. The course,...
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2019/12/18/21027840/online-course-basics-of-ai-finland-free-elements
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