Welcome to Module 1
This module is about laying foundations. After completing it, you'll be able to explain in plain English what machine learning is, what it isn't, and why it's everywhere. You won't write much code yet -- this is the conceptual ground floor.
Key Insight
Machine learning is just one branch of artificial intelligence — and it's the branch where the computer figures out the rules from examples, instead of being told the rules by a programmer.
Machine learning is just one branch of artificial intelligence — and it's the branch where the computer figures out the rules from examples, instead of being told the rules by a programmer.
This week's pages
- 1.1 — Welcome & Course Roadmap
- 1.2 — What Is ML, AI, and Deep Learning?
- 1.3 — Traditional Programming vs. Machine Learning
- 1.4 — Your First Model: y = mx + b
- 1.5 — Correlation: The Foundation of ML
Approximate time commitment
Plan on 5-6 hours total: 1 hour reading the pages, 4 hours for the assignments, 30 minutes for the self-check quiz, plus buffer.
Tip
Start the assignment early. The setup step (installing Python or signing into Google Colab) is the single most common thing students get stuck on. If you hit a snag, message me Monday — not Friday night.
Start the assignment early. The setup step (installing Python or signing into Google Colab) is the single most common thing students get stuck on. If you hit a snag, message me Monday — not Friday night.