Finland is offering a free-of-charge online course in artificial intelligence for European Union citizens in their own language.
The Nordic nation, headed by the world’s youngest head of government, Sanna Marin, will mark the end of its rotating presidency of the EU with a highly ambitious goal.
Finland is aiming to give practical understanding of AI to 1% of EU citizens — or about five million people — through a basic online course by the end of 2021.
Finland's gift to Europe: the Elements of AI! As its presidency gift to Europeans, the Finnish state provides the free online course by us and @ReaktorNow, translated to all official EU languages. #EU2019FI #ElementsofAI #EU #AI #HelsinkiImpact @EU2019FI https://t.co/F15Ks2aM8L
— University of Helsinki (@helsinkiuni) December 10, 2019
It is teaming up with the University of Helsinki, Finland’s largest and oldest academic institution, and the Finland-based tech consultancy Reaktor.
Teemu Roos, a University of Helsinki associate professor in the department of computer science, described the near £1.5 million project as “Finland’s gift to Europe” and “a civics course in AI” for every EU citizen to cope with the society’s ever-increasing digitalisation and the possibilities AI offers to the job market and elsewhere.
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