■ Study Material: Artificial Intelligence (AI)
1. Introduction to AI
● What is AI? – The science of making machines think and act like humans.
● History of AI – From Alan Turing (1950s) → Expert Systems (1980s) → Machine Learning
(2000s) → Generative AI (2020s).
● Types of AI: ANI (Narrow AI), AGI (General AI), ASI (Super AI).
2. Mathematical & Programming Foundations
● Mathematics Required: Linear Algebra, Probability & Statistics, Calculus.
● Programming: Python, Libraries (NumPy, Pandas, Matplotlib).
3. Core Concepts in AI
● Search & Problem Solving: BFS, DFS, A*.
● Knowledge Representation: Logic, semantic networks, ontologies.
● Reasoning: Rule-based systems, expert systems.
4. Machine Learning (ML)
● Supervised Learning: Regression, Classification (Linear Regression, Logistic Regression,
Decision Trees, Random Forest, SVM, Neural Networks).
● Unsupervised Learning: Clustering (K-means, DBSCAN), Dimensionality Reduction (PCA).
● Reinforcement Learning: Agents, environment, rewards (Q-Learning, DQN).
● Key Concepts: Overfitting, underfitting, bias-variance tradeoff, training/validation/testing
datasets.
5. Deep Learning (DL)
● Neural Networks: Perceptron, activation functions (ReLU, Sigmoid, Softmax).
● Architectures: CNN, RNN, LSTM/GRU, Transformers.
● Frameworks: TensorFlow, PyTorch, Keras.
6. Natural Language Processing (NLP)
● Text preprocessing: tokenization, stemming, lemmatization.
● Word embeddings: Word2Vec, GloVe.
● Transformers: BERT, GPT.
● Applications: Chatbots, Sentiment Analysis, Translation, Speech Recognition.
7. Computer Vision
● Image classification, object detection, segmentation.
● Tools: OpenCV, YOLO, Detectron2.
● Applications: CCTV surveillance, medical imaging, self-driving cars.
8. Generative AI
● GANs – Image/video generation.
● Diffusion Models – Stable Diffusion, DALL·E.
● Large Language Models (LLMs) – GPT, Claude, Gemini.
9. Ethics & Challenges
● Bias in AI models.
● Privacy & security concerns.
● AI regulations (EU AI Act, India AI guidelines).
● Debate: Will AI replace jobs or create new ones?
10. Practical Applications
● Healthcare: Diagnosis, drug discovery.
● Finance: Fraud detection, algorithmic trading.
● Retail: Recommendations, customer insights.
● Gated Communities: Security (CCTV AI), Visitor Management, Smart Utilities.
■ Suggested Learning Path
● Learn Python + Math basics.
● Start with Machine Learning (Scikit-learn).
● Move to Deep Learning (PyTorch/TensorFlow).
● Explore NLP & Computer Vision.
● Build mini projects (chatbot, image classifier, recommender system).
● Learn about Generative AI and experiment with open-source models.
■■ Resources
● Books: 'Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach' (Russell & Norvig), 'Deep Learning' (Ian
Goodfellow).
● Courses: Andrew Ng’s Machine Learning (Coursera), Deep Learning Specialization, Fast.ai.
● Websites: Kaggle, Paperswithcode.com.