Harvard releases 6 free lectures on generative AI, prompt engineering and RAG
Aiden_Tech_Ai · x · 2026-11-04
Harvard University has made its course "The Science and Implications of Generative AI" freely available — no tuition, no application. It includes 6 lecture modules:
- Intro to Generative AI: built around a university admissions case study covering alignment, privacy and labor impact
- Prompt Engineering: practical techniques for improving LLM output quality
- Beyond Chatbots: system prompts and RAG for scalable applications
- Generative AI in Teaching & Learning and Teaching with AI in the Classroom: frameworks for educators
- Basics of Generative AI: scientific foundations of LLMs, next-word prediction and fine-tuning
Hosted on Google Sites with pre-class exercises, slides and videos per lecture — a solid free entry point for systematic AI learning in 2026.
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