Finland Launches a Free Artificial Intelligence Crash Course
Last year, Finland launched a free online crash course in artificial intelligence with the aim of educating its citizens about the new technology. Now, as a Christmas present to the world, the European nation is making the six week program聽.
Strictly speaking, it鈥檚 a present for the European Union. Finland is relinquishing the EU鈥檚 rotating presidency at the end of the year, and decided to translate its course into every EU language as a gift to citizens. But there aren鈥檛 any geographical restrictions as to聽who聽can take the course, so really it鈥檚 to the world鈥檚 benefit.
The course certainly proved itself in Finland, with more than 1 percent of the Nordic nation鈥檚 5.5 million citizens signing up. The course, named Elements of AI, is currently available in English, Swedish, Estonian, Finnish, and German.
