A structured learning curriculum mapping to all official exam objectives for the AWS Certified AI Practitioner certification.
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16 chapters covering every exam objective. Each chapter includes key concepts, exam tips, common traps, comparison tables, and a 5-question quiz at the end.
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View exam guideIntroduction to AI and ML on AWS
Objective 1.1 · Define AI, ML, and deep learning and understand their relationship
Machine Learning Lifecycle and Basics
Objective 1.2 · Explain the ML lifecycle and key concepts such as training, inference, and evaluation
AWS Machine Learning Services Overview
Objective 1.3 · Identify AWS services for AI/ML (Amazon SageMaker, Rekognition, Comprehend, Translate, etc.)
Security, Governance, and Compliance for AI
Objective 2.1 · Understand security and compliance considerations for AI workloads on AWS (IAM, encryption, logging)
AWS IAM and Data Protection for ML
Objective 2.2 · Apply IAM policies, encryption, and access controls to protect ML data and models
Responsible AI Principles and AWS
Objective 3.1 · Explain responsible AI principles (fairness, explainability, privacy, robustness, transparency)
Bias Detection and Mitigation in ML
Objective 3.2 · Identify and mitigate bias in AI/ML systems using AWS tools (SageMaker Clarify, etc.)
AWS Tools for Governance and Auditability
Objective 3.3 · Use AWS services (AWS Audit Manager, CloudTrail, Config) for AI governance
Generative AI Concepts and Foundation Models
Objective 4.1 · Define generative AI and foundation models, including large language models (LLMs)
Prompt Engineering Techniques
Objective 4.2 · Apply prompt engineering best practices (zero-shot, few-shot, chain-of-thought)
Amazon Bedrock Fundamentals
Objective 4.3 · Use Amazon Bedrock to access and deploy foundation models
Fine-tuning and Customization of Foundation Models
Objective 4.4 · Customize foundation models using fine-tuning, RAG, and agent-based approaches
Building with Amazon SageMaker
Objective 5.1 · Build, train, and deploy ML models using Amazon SageMaker
AWS AI Services for Content and Vision
Objective 5.2 · Use AWS AI services (Rekognition, Textract, Comprehend, Polly, Lex) for vision and content tasks
AWS AI Services for Language and Conversation
Objective 5.3 · Use AWS AI services (Translate, Transcribe, Lex, Polly) for language and conversational AI
Deploying and Monitoring ML Models
Objective 5.4 · Deploy, monitor, and manage ML models in production using AWS tools (SageMaker, CloudWatch)
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