How are folks affordably self-training in AI?

I am an engineer at a small organisation - there is no question of budget being available to buy us accounts with any of the major model providers. How are other folks in my position managing to keep their AI integration skills up to speed? Most free or low-budget courses I see online - e.g. at DeepLearning - seem to assume a paid account. At the moment i cannot justify that outlay.

7 points | by macartain 21 hours ago

4 comments

  • late_night_fix 20 hours ago
    The good news news is the core skils compound.Once you understand pipeline,promoting patterns,and evaluation,switching providers becomes much easier.
  • ycdj 20 hours ago
    try anthropic skilljar courses - excellent value - totally free - cert included
  • suresh70 20 hours ago
    Did you try looking into openrouter?. They offer some models for free or low cost.
  • drsalt 20 hours ago
    sometimes you have to take on debt to learn things
    • cassianoleal 3 hours ago
      I could accept an argument that sometimes it may be the right move to take on (reasonable) debt, but I doubt you’ll find a single instance where you _have_ to do it.
    • ycdj 20 hours ago
      i've moved away from this thinking over the last decade. started to question anything that leads to taking debt. anthropic skilljar courses are excellent and they give a cert at the end of it. good to add to linkedin.