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Duration 14 hours
Course Outline
Foundations of AI Programming
- Defining AI programming: Key concepts and real-world examples
- Public sector AI applications: chatbots, summarization tools, and intelligent search
- AI models versus traditional programming logic
Introductory Python for AI
- Writing your first Python scripts
- Working with data structures and control flow logic
- Essential libraries for AI programming: requests, pandas, and json
Leveraging AI APIs
- Understanding APIs: Securely accessing AI models
- Sending text and structured data to models
- Working with OpenAI, Cohere, or Hugging Face APIs
Building Simple AI Tools
- Developing a document summarizer
- Prototyping a chatbot for citizen-facing services
- Applying AI to automatically label public datasets
Evaluating Outputs and Limitations
- Understanding the probabilistic nature of AI behavior
- Prompt engineering and controlling output quality
- Red-teaming prototypes to identify bias and hallucinations
Compliance, Ethics, and Responsible Development
- Privacy and explainability requirements in government contexts
- Open-source versus proprietary models: Benefits and trade-offs
- A checklist for safe experimentation and scaling
Summary and Next Steps
Requirements
- Basic familiarity with spreadsheets or handling structured data
- Experience with public sector service delivery or analytical tasks
- No previous programming background is necessary; introductory Python will be provided
Target Audience
- Public servants and analysts interested in incorporating AI into daily workflows
- Digital government professionals aiming to develop practical skills in AI integration
- Government teams focused on innovation, transformation, and research
Testimonials (2)
How to best integrate AI into the daily operations, project management, and strategic planning of the organization.
Mincho Dimitrov Benov
Course - AI and Modern Project Management for NGOs
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.