Elements of AI vs Hugging Face Learn
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Elements of AI or Hugging Face Learn: which should you choose?
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Side by side
| Elements of AI | Hugging Face Learn | |
|---|---|---|
| Cost model | Completely free, including the certificate | Completely free |
| What is free | Everything is free, always. | Everything is free. Paid tiers exist for compute, not learning. |
| Certificates | Free | None currently |
| Best for | Absolute beginners who want zero cost and zero code | Developers who want to actually use transformer models in code |
| Weakest at | Anyone who wants to actually build something | Complete beginners: assumes ML fundamentals already |
What is the best course on each?
- Elements of AI: Elements of AI
The gentlest way in: a University of Helsinki course with no code and no maths beyond school level. It takes about 24 to 48 hours and the certificate is free.
- Hugging Face Learn: Hugging Face LLM Course
Hugging Face LLM Course has 12 chapters of 6 to 8 hours each, costs nothing and has no certificate. You learn LLMs with the Transformers library.
Where to go next
- Elements of AI: our platform review
The single best free-and-only-free option for non-coders. Nothing to upsell.
- Hugging Face Learn: our platform review
The best free path from knowing ML to actually working with LLMs.
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