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{{Short description|Online course}}
{{Infobox website
| name = Elements of AI
| type = Online education
| language = English, German, Italian, Finnish, Swedish, Estonian, Ukrainian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Croatian, Spanish, Portuguese, Maltese, Dutch, French, Irish, Icelandic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Greek, Polish, Romanian, Slovakian, Slovenian
| owner = University of Helsinki, MinnaLearn.
| url = {{URL|https://www.elementsofai.com/|elementsofai.com}}
| commercial = No
| launch_date = 2018
}}
'''Elements of AI''' is a [[Massive open online course|massive open online course (MOOC)]] teaching the basics of [[artificial intelligence]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=2020-01-03|title=Finland seeks to teach 1% of all Europeans basics on AI|language=en|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-finland-education-ai-idUSKBN1YE1B6|access-date=2020-06-17}}</ref> The course, originally launched in 2018, is designed and organized by the [[University of Helsinki]] and learning technology company [[MinnaLearn (company)|MinnaLearn]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=European Commission|date=2020-01-07|title=Elements of Artificial Intelligence course gives basic introduction to AI|url=https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/news/elements-artificial-intelligence-course-gives-basic-introduction-ai|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200617124812/https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/news/elements-artificial-intelligence-course-gives-basic-introduction-ai |archive-date=2020-06-17 |access-date=2020-06-17|website=Shaping Europe’s digital future - European Commission|language=en}}</ref> The course includes modules on [[machine learning]], [[neural network]]s, the philosophy of artificial intelligence, and using artificial intelligence to solve problems.<ref>{{Cite web|title=A country's ambitious plan to teach anyone the basics of AI|url=https://www.technologyreview.com/2019/01/15/137825/a-countrys-ambitious-plan-to-teach-anyone-the-basics-of-ai/|access-date=2020-06-17|website=MIT Technology Review|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=The Elements of AI {{!}} Tietojenkäsittelytiede {{!}} Open University {{!}} University of Helsinki|url=https://courses.helsinki.fi/en/aytkt21018/126531969|access-date=2020-06-17|website=courses.helsinki.fi}}</ref> It consists of two parts: Introduction to AI and its sequel, Building AI, that was released in late 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|last=News|first=Mirage|date=2020-10-21|title=Finland continues its quest to teach 1 % of world basics of AI - Open online course Building AI published {{!}} Mirage News|url=https://www.miragenews.com/finland-continues-its-quest-to-teach-1-of-world-basics-of-ai-open-online-course-building-ai-published/,%20https://www.miragenews.com/finland-continues-its-quest-to-teach-1-of-world-basics-of-ai-open-online-course-building-ai-published|access-date=2020-10-30|website=www.miragenews.com|language=en-AU}}</ref>

University of Helsinki's computer science department is known as the alma mater of [[Linus Torvalds]], a Finnish-American software engineer who is the creator of the Linux kernel, which is the kernel for [[Linux|Linux operating systems]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Finland offers Artificial Intelligence course as 'Christmas gift'|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/12/finland-offers-artificial-intelligence-christmas-gift-191217210740672.html|access-date=2020-06-17|website=www.aljazeera.com}}</ref>

== EU’s AI pledge ==

The government of [[Finland]] has pledged to offer the course for all [[European Union|EU]] citizens by the end of 2021, as the course is made available in all the official EU languages.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Vincent|first=James|date=2019-12-18|title=Finland is making its online AI crash course free to the world|url=https://www.theverge.com/2019/12/18/21027840/online-course-basics-of-ai-finland-free-elements|access-date=2020-06-17|website=The Verge|language=en}}</ref> The initiative was launched as part of Finland's Presidency of the Council of the European Union in 2019, with the [[European Commission]] providing translations of the course materials.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Delcker|first=Janosch|date=2019-01-02|title=Finland's grand AI experiment|url=https://www.politico.eu/article/finland-one-percent-ai-artificial-intelligence-courses-learning-training/|access-date=2020-06-17|website=POLITICO}}</ref>

In 2017, Finland launched an AI strategy to stay competitive in the field of AI amid growing competition between [[China]] and the [[United States]]. With the support of private companies and the government, Finland's now-realized goal was to get 1 percent of its citizens to participate in Elements of AI.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Delcker|first=Janosch|date=2019-01-02|title=Finland's grand AI experiment|url=https://www.politico.eu/article/finland-one-percent-ai-artificial-intelligence-courses-learning-training/|access-date=2020-06-17|website=POLITICO}}</ref>

Other governments have also given their support to the course. For instance, [[Germany|Germany's]] Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy [[Peter Altmaier|Peter Altmeier]] has encouraged citizens to take part in the course to help Germany gain a competitive advantage in AI.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Altmeier|first=Peter|date=|title=Künstliche Intelligenz (KI) – Warum Deutschland jetzt durchstarten muss und kann|url=https://www.bmwi.de/Redaktion/DE/Artikel/Technologie/kuenstliche-intelligenz-warum-deutschland-jetzt-durchstarten-muss-und-kann.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200617125522/https://www.bmwi.de/Redaktion/DE/Artikel/Technologie/kuenstliche-intelligenz-warum-deutschland-jetzt-durchstarten-muss-und-kann.html |archive-date=2020-06-17 |access-date=2020-06-17|website=www.bmwi.de|language=de}}</ref> [[Sweden|Sweden's]] Minister for Energy and Minister for Digital Development [[Anders Ygeman]] has said that Sweden aims to teach 1 percent of its population the basics of AI like Finland has.<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Åberg|first1=Matias|last2=Emilia Alentola|first2=Anni|date=2019-05-06|title=Populär finsk AI-kurs lanseras i Sverige – svensk minister tackar ja till utmaning|language=sv|work=SVT Nyheter|url=https://www.svt.se/nyheter/uutiset/svenska/popular-finsk-ai-kurs-lanseras-i-sverige-svensk-minister-tackar-ja-till-utmaning|access-date=2020-06-17}}</ref>

== Participants ==

Elements of AI had enrolled more than 1 million students from more than 110 countries by May 2023.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Finland to enhance Europeans' digital skills – Elements of AI online course to be launched in EU countries|url=https://um.fi/current-affairs/-/asset_publisher/gc654PySnjTX/content/suomi-vahvistaa-eurooppalaisten-digitaitoja-ja-osaamista-elements-of-ai-verkkokurssin-lanseeraukset-eu-maissa-alkavat|access-date=2020-06-17|website=Ministry for Foreign Affairs|language=en-US}}</ref> A quarter of the course's participants are aged 45 and over, and some 40 percent are women. Among Nordic participants, the share of women is nearly 60 percent.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Finland offers Artificial Intelligence course as 'Christmas gift'|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/12/finland-offers-artificial-intelligence-christmas-gift-191217210740672.html|access-date=2020-06-17|website=www.aljazeera.com}}</ref>

In September 2022, the course was available in Finnish, Swedish, Estonian, English, German, Latvian, Norwegian, French, Belgian, Czech, Greek, Slovakian, Slovenian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Portuguese, Spanish, Irish, Icelandic, Maltese, Croatian, Romanian, Italian, Dutch, Polish, and Danish.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Digitaliseringsministeren: - Nå skal det norske folk på kurs|url=https://www.vg.no/i/GG2V5B|access-date=2020-06-17|website=www.vg.no|date=13 January 2020 |language=nb}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Sweden to take up Finnish AI challenge|url=https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252461711/Sweden-to-take-up-Finnish-AI-challenge|access-date=2020-06-17|website=ComputerWeekly.com|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Digital-Vorreiter Finnland - Künstliche Intelligenz fürs Volk|url=https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/digital-vorreiter-finnland-kuenstliche-intelligenz-fuers.795.de.html?dram:article_id=462289|access-date=2020-06-17|website=Deutschlandfunk|language=de-DE}}</ref>

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