I teach a AI course designed for a general audience, suitable for students from all majors.
Description
The course will gently introduce foundational AI topics. It is co-taught with Prof. Yajie Qin. I will be giving lectures on the following dates and topics.
This course takes place in H4201 every Friday afternoon (13:30-16:10) during the first semester of the 2025-2026 academic year.
Schedule
| Week | Date | Plan | 
|---|---|---|
| 5 | 10/10/2025 | Traditional AI | 
| 6 | 10/17/2025 | Artifical Neural Networks | 
| 11 | 11/21/2025 | Transformer | 
| 13 | 12/5/2025 | Reinforcement Learning | 
| 14 | 12/12/2025 | Ethics and Safety | 
| 16 | 12/26/2025 | Open Discussion | 
The courses and teaching materials are mainly developed by Prof. Xingjun Ma.
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Citation
For attribution, please cite this work as:
Li, Zeju. 2025. “AI Fundamentals 2025.” September 8, 2025.
https://zerojumpline.github.io//teaching/2025-09-01-AI.