I went through the first phase of the course as an intro to AI/DL and thought it was really great from a high-level perspective. If you have a decent understanding of Python you'll have a working model running on AWS within the first few hours of the course which is very rewarding.
It does a better job than I expected explaining the underlying intuition of the math, but doesn't dive deep into the actual formulas. There are obviously tradeoffs to this approach and if you want to continue in the field you'll need to do something to fill in this background, but as far getting your hands dirty and understanding the basics I really liked the fast.ai approach.
As a beginner I cannot recommend this class in its current form. The first lecture with its setup walk through is outdated and I have trouble understanding how to do a work around.
This is welcomed news, thank you for the update. Can you link to v2? On the site I just see part 1, v1 with the AWS set up. This is the beginner unfriendly/outdated one I am referring to, and I don't see the updated version you're referring to.
I just checked the course forum, and Jeremy asked us not to share on high traffic sites until theyve finished the new website. I think it'll be out within a week or so, so check the fast.ai site for updates. Should be soon!
I went through the first phase of the course as an intro to AI/DL and thought it was really great from a high-level perspective. If you have a decent understanding of Python you'll have a working model running on AWS within the first few hours of the course which is very rewarding.
It does a better job than I expected explaining the underlying intuition of the math, but doesn't dive deep into the actual formulas. There are obviously tradeoffs to this approach and if you want to continue in the field you'll need to do something to fill in this background, but as far getting your hands dirty and understanding the basics I really liked the fast.ai approach.