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Introduction to Generative AI
Learn who invented generative AI, how it works, where the technology stands today, and where it's headed — all in a quick, beginner-friendly course.
Curious · 7 levels · 2 free · Created Aug 2026 · Professionally curated by levelupwith.com
What's inside
- Level 1: What Is Generative AI?Free
Learn the basic definition of generative AI as a type of artificial intelligence that creates new content, and meet its early pioneers like Geoffrey Hinton and Ian Goodfellow. - Level 2: Early Breakthroughs: GANs and VAEsFree
Explore the invention of Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) by Ian Goodfellow and Variational Autoencoders (VAEs), which laid the foundation for modern generative models. - Level 3: How Transformers Generate Text
Understand the transformer architecture, invented by researchers at Google, and how it powers models like GPT to generate coherent text by predicting the next word. - Level 4: Diffusion Models and Image Generation
Learn how diffusion models work by gradually adding and removing noise to generate images, and see how they revolutionized visual content creation. - Level 5: Today's Generative AI Tools
Survey current popular generative AI applications including ChatGPT for text, Midjourney for images, and GitHub Copilot for code, and understand their capabilities. - Level 6: Where Generative AI Is Heading
Explore predicted future directions such as multimodal models, real-time generation, and integration into robotics, along with societal impacts. - Level 7: Final Challenge: Comprehensive Review Exam
Test your mastery of the entire course with a quiz covering inventors, mechanics, current tools, and future directions of generative AI.
Access
The first 2 levels are free with a free account. Every level, the podcast edition and the AI tutor come with All Access at £4.99/month or any Creator plan — see pricing.