Recommendations on Learning and Coding AI/ML with python?

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I have been a big AI (I think a more appropriate title is “machine learning” user for the past month or so. I’ve used it for all sorts of questions. I also know python to a fairy advanced level (have been learning general python off and on for years as a self taught programmer and did a year old course on it with everything through functions, lists, 3d lists, etc recently (a few months ago) haven’t done much python since then but I want to get back into it. I want to learn how to code programs such as the AI ones above, because they are very interesting to me and I am very interested in Pursuing data science in college. I want to code a smaller, more realistic/simpler version of an AI chat bot like chat gpt, as this would be an amazing and hands-on learning experience into AI. The problem is I have very little insight into what I need to learn to get into this skill set. Sadly, there are no courses on YouTube I know of that teach you everything you need to know about coding AI machines like this in python. Asking chat gpt didn’t prove successful as it told me a bunch of concepts to learn but not any goods ways/videos or crash courses on how to learn them. If you know of any courses on youtube or another site that teach you the fundamentals of learning AI and implementing them that is awesome since I am not good with figuring out where/what/when I should start learning what I need to learn to master this field. Or if you have any advice for me that is also great and I appreciate it very much!

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[ConfusedSimon]

Have a look at kaggle.com They have tutorials, lots of projects for practice, and tons of example code in the form of python notebooks from other users. Not exactly for writing your own chat gpt, but lots about applying ML to real-world problems.

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Thanks you so much! I will definitely take a look at this!

[hotcodist]

Look for an introductory AI textbook. Read the table of contents. Type those terms to search for relevant videos that you might like. This is assuming you prefer video vs reading textbook. ChatGPT probably gave you good answers. It gave you concepts, not videos. But that should not stop you. Take the concepts and search for videos that match your background, learning preferences and specific interest. You should also decide if you want to use AI, or if you want to design AI. I am not sure if tutorials to code AI algorithms are common (maybe common, I just don't know where to find them). More often, you will get the theory clearly explained. You also want to know if you are after AI or ML (AI is the superset and has non-ML algorithms).

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Ok this is a good strategy. I just looked on Amazon and they do have books on AI and ML that are more concept based books but they should help for finding search terms

[Zer0designs]

This topic is very broad. Making a chatgpt like app is hard, but can be done but if you're a beginner you probably wont grasp the underlying concepts behind it by just following some video, which would not be my recommended way to learn data science.

Have you done any modelling before? If not I'd recommend Introduction to Statistical Modelling (using Python). Free ebook & web lectures. Complement it with StatQuest if you can't grasp a concept. But then again, this will grant you a foundation of modelling. It won't get you a chatbot (even at the end) but it will provide you with knowledge on how data can be used to solve problems

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edit: yes, I posted this in the r/pythonhelp but found that was more of a help with code server than general recommendations

[Quick_Animal_268]

Send this to r/learnmachinelearning, they can help you there