AI Agents and Agentic AI with Python & Generative AI
Vanderbilt University · View on Coursera ↗
Taught by Dr. Jules White
Computer ScienceData ScienceBusiness
About the course
AI Agents Are the Next Leap in Software. Learn to Build Them in Python. AI agents aren't passive tools. They think, act, and solve problems—without waiting for instructions. That's the future of software. And in this course, you'll learn how to build it. Frameworks come and go. Principles last. This course cuts through the noise to teach you how AI agents really work—using Python, the leading language for AI development. Forget tutorials on trendy APIs that'll be dead by next quarter. You'll
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“I have no recent programming experience. I got so lost so quickly. This was such a frustrating experience. This is not a beginner's course.”
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