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AI Python for Beginners

Andrew Ng
 Acknowledgments

Tommy Nelson Isabel Zaro Daniel Villarraga

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AI Python for Beginners

Module 1: Basics of AI Python Coding

AI Python for Beginners

Course Introduction
AI Python for Beginners

Lesson 1: What is
Computer Programming?
Programming helps the advancement of humanity
Programming helps the advancement of humanity
Programming: command machines to do your bidding!
 A set of instructions to perform a task

Sum two numbers and display the result:

Fry the perfect egg:
# Values for num1 and num2

1.
num1 = 37
Crack an egg into a small bowl making num2 = 5
sure there are no shells on it. Set aside.
2. Add butter, or other fat, to a non-stick pan # Calculate the sum
on medium-high heat for a minute. sum = num1 + num2
3. Add egg into pan. Cook for three to four minutes. # Display the result
4. Serve. Add salt and pepper to your taste. print(sum)
 Programming gives you an edge
• Automate repetitive tasks
• Analyze lots of data
• Build, improve and use AI models

Date Customer Amount

ID
06/05 CUST585 $ 12400
9
04/15 CUST572 $ 16100
9
04/12 CUST535 $ 5040
0
05/25 CUST683 $ 23200
9
... ... ...
... ... ...
... ... ...
05/10 CUST445 $ 1200
9
Programming + AI = superpowers!

Programming will let you unleash the true power of current AI tools
 Why Python?
Programming Language Ratings in June 2024

Python
C++
C
Java
C#
Javascript
Go
SQL Python is currently the most popular
Visual Basic programming language.
Fortran
Delphi/Object Pascal
Swift
Assembly language • Supportive community.
MATLAB
PHP
• Chatbots like ChatGPT are reliable
Scratch
Rust
Ruby
Kotlin
COBOL
Others

Ratings (%)
 Python is everywhere in AI

Self-driving cars Chatbots Smart Agriculture

Python is everywhere. Period.
 AI Python for Beginners

Lesson 2: Writing Code with Chatbots

 AI Python for Beginners

Lesson 3: Navigating the Learning

Platform
AI Python for
Beginners
Lesson 4: Running
your First Program
 AI Python for Beginners

Lesson 5: How to Succeed in Coding

AI Python for
Beginners
Lesson 6: Data in
Python
 Day-to-day data

Population density map of

South Korea

Weekly weather conditions in

Washington, DC (USA)

Prices of individual stocks with

daily highs and lows

(Image credits: South Korean Government, Weather Underground, pexels.com)

 Data in Computer Programming

Text “a”, “egg”, “My favorite activity is hiking!”

Numbers 3.14, 525600, -42, 5.67e-34

Item Quantity Price per unit ($)

Tabular T-shirt 3 26
Data
Jeans 1 55

3 3 3 4 8 9
3 3 3 3 9 8

Images
2 2 4 2 8 9
1 0 1 0 7 5
2 2 3 3 1 1
1 1 2 2 1 1
Signal

Sound 1 4 3 31 15 6

Time
 Text in Python: Strings

"Hello, World!"

Double quotation marks

• Strings in python are any combination of

text, number, or symbol characters enclosed
in double quotation marks

• Everything between the quotation marks is

part of the string, including white space
 Text in Python: Strings

Strings

Used to represent text:

• "Hello, world"

• "My favorite drink is Earl Grey tea"

• "¯\_(ツ)_/¯"

• "2.99"
Multiline strings in Python

"""Hello, World!
It’s great to be here!"""

Triple quotes
Checking data type in python

print("Hello, World!")
Hello, World

type("Hello, World!")

str

print() and type() are functions

More about those in a later lesson…

 Numbers in Python

Integers and floats

Used to represent numbers:

• Integers represent numbers with no decimal part

42
100
-9
0

• Floats have digits after the decimal place

3.14
2.99
-0.003
Using Python as a calculator

print(2 + 6) Addition

print(57 - 40) Subtraction

print(12 * 60) Multiplication

print(100 / 60) Division

 Order of operations in Python

The same as in Math!

Celsius to Farenheit:
Then multiply!

Temp. in C = (Temp in F – 32 ) * 5/9

Do this first!

print(75 - 32 * 5 / 9)
Then subtract Python will do
result from 75 this step first!

print((75 – 32) * 5 / 9)
Wrap subtraction
in parentheses
 AI Python for
Beginners
Lesson 7: Combining
Text and Calculations
 Progress so far
Strings represent text

• "Hello, world"

Integers and floats represent numbers

• Integers: 42, 100, -9, 0

• Floats: 3.14, 2.99, -0.003

Display data to screen

• print("Hello, World!")

• print(100)

Use Python as a calculator

• print(3 * 4.5)
 How do print statements work?

print("Isabel is 28 years old.")

print(f"Isabel is {28 / 7} dog years old.")

 How Python carries out the
print() statement

print("Isabel is 28 years old.")

Isabel is 28 years old.

1. Tells Python to display to screen

2. Checks for opening and closing parentheses
3. Sees a quotation mark, checks for match to
close
4. Python displays everything between the quotes
to the screen exactly as written
 How Python interprets f-strings

do the math 4.0

print(f"Isabel is {28 / 7} dog years old.")

1.Tells Python to display to screen

2.Checks for opening and closing parentheses
3.Sees the f character – knows this is a formatted string
4.Checks for opening and closing quotation marks
5.Checks for opening and closing curly braces
6.Carries out the calculation inside the curly
braces
 How Python interprets f-strings

print(f"Isabel is {28 / 7} dog years old.")

Isabel is 4.0 dog years old.

 AI Python for
Beginners

Lesson 8: Variables
 Variables – what are they

age = 28

28 Value

Variable
name
 Variables – what are they

age = 28
age = 5
28

Same
variable
name
 Variables – what are they

age = 28
age = 5
5 New
value

Same
variable
name
age = 28 28

name = "Otto"
​ "Otto"

gnome_height = 12.7 12.7

 What variables are for

1. Give a value a name to use

later

2. Use the same name to refer to

changing values
Score
0
Score
50
Score
150
print(score)
save_high_score(score)

Score
450
print(f"""Otto's age in dog years is {dog_age}.
So a dog that's about {dog_age} would
be the same age as Otto. Any dog born about
{dog_age} years ago would be in the
same stage of life as Otto.""")

3.0
print(f"""Otto's age in dog years is {dog_age}.
3.0
So a dog that's about {dog_age}
3.0 would
be the same age as Otto. Any dog born about
{dog_age}
3.0 years ago would be in the
same stage of life as Otto.""")

3.0
print(f"""Otto's age in dog years is {dog_age}.
3.0
So a dog that's about {dog_age}
3.0 would
be the same age as Otto. Any dog born about
{dog_age}
3.0 years ago would be in the
same stage of life as Otto.""")

Otto's age in dog years is 3.0. So a dog that's

about 3.0 would be the same age as Otto. Any dog
born about 3.0 years ago would be in the same stage
of life as Otto.
 AI Python for
Beginners
Lesson 9: Building LLM
Prompts with Variables
 AI Python for
Beginners
Lesson 10 – Functions:
Actions on Data
 Functions make coding easier

Some functions allow you to perform actions on

data for specific tasks and provide (or
return) results

len("Hello World!")

round(42.17)

Other functions allow you to display information

print("Hello World!")
 Function data, actions and
results
This function gets the number of
characters for the string you provide

Function Data or
name arguments
len("Hello World!")
Parentheses

The commonly used lingo for the data you

provide for a function is "argument."
 Function data, actions and
results
This function gets the number of
characters for the string you provide

len("Hello World!")
12
result

The commonly used lingo for using a function is

"calling a function."

We also say the function returns its result.

 Function data, actions and
results
This function displays what you provide

Name of function

Argument

print("Hello World!")
Hello World!

Display-only result
 Assigning function results to
variables
You can save function results, which is useful for
functions that return values

Variable name

string_length = len("Hello World!")

Assignment Function call

 Assigning function results to
variables

string_length = 12

12

print(string_length)

12