last week I spent 5 hours and $49 to complete Google's latest AI Essentials course for beginners and since I need to recoup that money to fund my addiction to parasocial relationships with AI I

上週我花了 5 小時和 49 美元完成了 Google 最新的 AI 入門課程。既然我需要把那筆錢賺回來，來滿足我對和 AI 的虛擬社交關係的成癮，我

made this video to share five key takeaways from the course the pros and cons and to give you a definitive answer as to whether this certificate you

做了這支影片，分享課程的五個關鍵要點、優缺點，並給你一個確定的答案，關於最後你拿到的這個證書是否真的能

receive at the end will indeed get you laid I mean paid paid more because you now have a new skill that was a weird slip of tongue there takeaway number one

讓你被看上，我是說被看重，更被看重，因為你現在有了新技能。那是個奇怪的口誤。要點一

broadly speaking there are three types of AI tools out there first Standalone tools are AI powered software designed to work independently with minimal setup this category includes general purpose

廣義來說，市面上有三種型別的 AI 工具。首先，獨立工具是設計用來獨立運作、只需最少設定的 AI 軟體。這個類別包括通用型

chat Bots like chache BT Gemini Claude and perplexity as well as specialized apps like spico otter AI mid journey and Gamma although they serve completely different needs all these tools are

聊天機器人，像是 ChatGPT、Gemini、Claude 和 Perplexity，以及專門的應用程式，像是 Spiko、Otter AI、Midjourney 和 Gamma。雖然它們服務完全不同的需求，所有這些工具都被

classified as Standalone because they can be accessed directly through their websites or apps and can be used without integration with other software this is in contrast to the second category tools

歸類為獨立工具，因為它們可以直接透過網站或應用程式訪問，無需與其他軟體整合就能使用。這與第二類別形成對比：具有

with integrated AI features which refers to built-in enhancements within a particular piece of software for example after drafting a post in Google Docs I can either copy and paste this text over

整合 AI 功能的工具，指的是某個特定軟體內建的增強功能。例如，在 Google Docs 中起草一篇文章後，我可以把文字複製貼上到

to a standalone app like chbt to improve my writing or I can use the built-in or integrated Gemini for workspace AI feature to make adjustments another example would be I can either use mid

像 ChatGPT 這樣的獨立應用程式來改進我的寫作，或者我可以使用內建或整合的 Gemini for Workspace AI 功能來進行調整。另一個例子是我可以使用 Mid

Journey as a standalone tool to generate images for a presentation or I can create an image directly within Google Slides by using again gemni for workspace in these instances chbt and M

journey 作為獨立工具來為簡報生成圖片，或者我可以直接在 Google Slides 內使用 Gemini for Workspace 建立圖片。在這些情況下，ChatGPT 和 M

Journey are Standalone AI tools and Google Docs and Google slides are tools with integrated AI features third a custom AI solution is an application that's tailor made to solve a specific

idjourney 是獨立 AI 工具，而 Google Docs 和 Google Slides 是具有整合 AI 功能的工具。第三，客製化 AI 解決方案是專門為解決特定

problem for instance John Hopkins University developed an AI system with the sole objective of detecting sepsis this custom AI solution improved diagnostic accuracy from 2 to 5% to an

問題而量身打造的應用程式。例如，約翰霍普金斯大學開發了一個 AI 系統，其唯一目標是檢測敗血癥。這個客製化 AI 解決方案將診斷準確率從 2% 到 5% 提高到

average of 40% and if you're like me and have no technical background you might think oh custom AI Solutions are extremely Technical and I'll probably never have to use them in the workplace

平均 40%。如果你跟我一樣沒有技術背景，你可能會想，哦，客製化 AI 解決方案極其技術性，我可能永遠不需要在工作中使用它們

in reality the opposite is true because well-designed custom AI Solutions should require little to no technical knoow for example when I was in the sales team I managed over 200 clients every quarter

實際上恰恰相反，因為設計良好的客製化 AI 解決方案應該幾乎不需要技術知識。例如，當我在銷售團隊時，我每季度管理超過 200 個客戶

and Performing research on every single one was obviously timec consuming nowadays there are custom AI solutions that can ingest all the information about those 200 clients taking into account factors like seasonality

對每一個客戶進行研究顯然非常耗時。現在有客製化 AI 解決方案可以吸收所有這 200 個客戶的資訊，考慮季節性因素

historical data and Industry Trends and rank those clients by How likely they are to need assistance helping the salesperson prioritize their time by the way if you're thinking of buying

歷史資料和行業趨勢，並按照他們需要協助的可能性來排序這些客戶，幫助銷售人員安排時間的優先順序。順便說一下，如果你正在考慮購買

Google's AI Essentials course don't because I only found out after I paid for it you get the AI Essentials course for free if you enroll in the Google project management certification on

Google 的 AI 入門課程，不要買，因為我付款後才發現，如果你在 Coursera 上報名 Google 專案管理認證，就可以免費獲得 AI 入門課程

corsera who is kindly sponsoring this portion of the video regular viewers know that I have a full-time job and project management obviously plays a large part in my day-to-day to be

Coursera 很榮幸贊助了這部分影片。常看我影片的觀眾知道我有一份全職工作，專案管理顯然是我日常工作的重要部分。坦白說

transparent though I'm mainly self-taught since there wasn't a go-to course back in the day but I recently started the project management certification on corsera since it's now like the golden standard for project

我主要是自學的，因為當年沒有首選課程。但我最近開始了 Coursera 上的專案管理認證，因為它現在就像是專案

management project management is literally applicable to all Industries and roles so if you want to be more organized in the workplace click the link below to enroll in the Google project management certification and

管理的黃金標準。專案管理真的適用於所有行業和角色，所以如果你想在工作中更有條理，點選下面的連結報名 Google 專案管理認證，並且

unlock the AI Essentials course for free thank you corsera for sponsoring this part of the video back to my takeaways the second learning from the course is a prompt engineering tip and it's to

免費解鎖 AI 入門課程。感謝 Coursera 贊助這部分影片。回到我的要點。課程的第二個學習是一個提示工程技巧，就是要

surface the implied context to illustrate this imagine your vegetarian friend asks you for restaurant recommendations you instinctively reply with vegetarian friendly options even if your friend doesn't explicitly say hey

浮現隱含的上下文。為了說明這一點，想像你的素食朋友問你餐廳推薦。你本能地回覆素食友好的選項，即使你的朋友沒有明確說「嘿

idiot make sure it's vegetarian here here the fact that your friend is a vegetarian is implied context and needs to be explicitly stated when communicating with AI tools like Chachi

笨蛋，確保是素食的」。這裡，你的朋友是素食者這個事實是隱含的上下文，在與 AI 工具溝通時需要明確說明，比如 Chat

BT and Google Gemini another example might be you're preparing to negotiate a raise with your boss you know in your head that last year you received a 10% increase this year you're the highest

GPT 和 Google Gemini。另一個例子可能是你正準備和老闆談加薪。你心裡知道去年你漲了 10%，今年你是團隊中表現最好的

performer on the team and the industry average is a 12% increase so you decide to ask for 15% raise If You Leave Out All That implied context when brainstorming negotiation techniques

，而行業平均是 12% 的漲幅，所以你決定要求 15% 的加薪。如果你在和 AI 工具腦力激盪談判技巧時忽略了所有那些隱含的上下文

with an AI tool you will receive a lower quality AKA more generic output if you want to dive deeper into this I have an entire video on how to write the perfect

你會收到較低品質，也就是更通用的輸出。如果你想深入瞭解這個，我有一整支關於如何寫完美

prompt so I'll leave a link to that down below and if you want to make a copy of my five favorite prompts for productivity I'll leave a link to my

提示的影片，所以我會在下面留下連結。如果你想複製一份我最喜歡的五個提高生產力的提示，我會在下面留下我的

completely free workspace toolkit as well takeaway number three know when to use zero shot and few shot prompting in a nutshell the word shot simply means examples zero shot means you use a

完全免費的工作空間工具包的連結。要點三，知道何時使用零樣本和少樣本提示。簡單來說，「shot」這個詞就是指例子。零樣本意味著你使用一個

prompt with no examples one shot means you include one example few shot means you include two or more examples for instance a zero shot example might look something like write me a pickup line

沒有例子的提示，單樣本意味著你包含一個例子，少樣本意味著你包含兩個或更多例子。例如，一個零樣本例子可能看起來像：幫我寫一句 Bumble 上的搭訕語

for Bumble which is a completely hypothetical scenario I would never condone much less participate in a one-hot prompt would be write me a pickup line for Bumble reference this

這是一個完全假設的情境，我絕不會縱容，更不用說參與。一個單樣本提示會是：幫我寫一句 Bumble 上的搭訕語，參考這個

pickup line my friend used that worked well for him and you include an example of what your friend wrote A F shop prompt would look the same as one shot

我朋友用過且效果很好的搭訕語，然後你附上你朋友寫的例子。少樣本提示看起來和單樣本一樣

with just two or more examples of successful pickup lines and as you can imagine the more relevant examples you provide the AI tool the more relevant

只是有兩個或更多成功搭訕語的例子。你可以想像，你提供給 AI 工具的相關例子越多，輸出就越

the output and for the record if my H future wife is watching this I've obviously never done this myself this is just an example for this video as a

相關。順便說一下，如果我未來的太太在看這個，我顯然從來沒有自己做過這個，這只是這支影片的一個例子。事實上

matter of fact I don't I don't even use dating apps takeaway number four use Chain of Thought prompting for complex tasks I've talked about this concept in previous videos but I really like this

我甚至不用交友軟體。要點四，對複雜任務使用思維鏈提示。我在之前的影片中談過這個概念，但我真的很喜歡這個

simple and straightforward definition from Google's course when you divide a single task into more manageable steps you help the large language model produce accurate and consistent results a relatable real word example would be

來自 Google 課程的簡單直接的定義：當你把單一任務分成更易管理的步驟時，你幫助大型語言模型產生準確一致的結果。一個貼近生活的例子是

writing a cover letter option one you share your current resume and the job description with the chatbot and just prompt it to write you a cover letter option two with Chain of Thought

寫求職信。選項一，你把你目前的履歷和職位描述分享給聊天機器人，然後直接提示它幫你寫一封求職信。選項二，使用思維鏈

prompting you break the large task writing an entire cover letter into manageable steps with step one being based on my resume and the job description write an attention Gra

提示，你把大任務——寫一整封求職信——分成易管理的步驟，第一步是：根據我的履歷和職位描述，寫一個吸引注意力的

having hook for my cover letter then after making some minor tweaks to the hook paragraph step two would be pasting that back into the chatbot and asking it

開頭。然後在對開頭段落做一些小修改後，第二步是把它貼回聊天機器人，請它

for the body paragraph rinse and repeat for the closing paragraph if you want proof that this works I have an entire video where I show job Seekers how to

寫正文段落。對結尾段落重複這個過程。如果你想要這個方法有效的證據，我有一整支影片展示給求職者如何

use Chain of Thought prompting to not only write cover letters but to also improve their resumés I'll leave a link down below takeaway number five is a topic that many of us including myself

使用思維鏈提示，不僅寫求職信，還改進他們的履歷。我會在下面留下連結。要點五是一個我們很多人，包括我自己

tend to overlook when using AI tools and it's to understand the limitations of AI broadly speaking there are three main limitations first the underlying data that is used to train AI models may be

在使用 AI 工具時往往忽視的話題，那就是理解 AI 的限制。廣義來說，有三個主要限制。首先，用來訓練 AI 模型的底層資料可能

biased if a text to image model is only trained on minimalistic Graphics it might not be able to produce flashy and bold designs second there simply wasn't enough information in the source

有偏見。如果一個文字轉圖片模型只用極簡風格的圖形來訓練，它可能無法產生華麗大膽的設計。第二，原始

training data on a given topic many AI models have a cutoff date so if you ask for something that happened recently it won't have enough data on that topic to

訓練資料中可能對某個特定主題的資訊不夠。許多 AI 模型有截止日期，所以如果你問最近發生的事情，它沒有足夠的資料來

give you an accurate accurate answer finally hallucinations are AI outputs that are straight up factually inaccurate sometimes this is a feature and not a bug when you're brainstorming new ideas for example other times

給你準確的答案。最後，幻覺是完全不符合事實的 AI 輸出。有時候這是特點而不是缺陷，比如當你在腦力激盪新點子的時候。但其他時候

hallucinations perpetuate false information so you definitely want to double check your answer for what I call high stake tasks for example what sort of supplement or vitamin to take given

幻覺會傳播錯誤資訊，所以你絕對要對我所說的高風險任務再次確認答案，例如，考慮到你的

your health goals when it comes to pros and cons I'm going to start with who this course is not for this course is not for you if you're already using AI

健康目標，該吃什麼補充品或維他命。關於優缺點，我要先說這個課程不適合誰。如果你已經在使用 AI

tools like chpt and Google Gemini as part of your daily workflow and you're looking to dive deeper into specific AI use cases and that's because although they do a great job explaining complex

工具像 ChatGPT 和 Google Gemini 作為日常工作流程的一部分，而且你想深入瞭解特定的 AI 使用案例，那這個課程不適合你。這是因為雖然他們在解釋複雜

topics the examples they give in the course are pretty vague for instance in one of the lessons they gave an example where a company uses AI to decrease customer service response times and that

主題方面做得很好，但課程中給出的例子相當模糊。例如，在其中一課，他們舉了一個例子，一家公司使用 AI 來減少客服回應時間，然後

was it that was entire example it would have been nice to dive a bit deeper and talk about whether this company used a standalone AI tool or custom AI solution

就這樣。那就是整個例子。如果能深入一點，討論這家公司使用的是獨立 AI 工具還是客製化 AI 解決方案，那就好了

how they trained the workers to use the AI system how they grounded the data so that the AI system didn't hallucinate since this was a customer service um application right so stuff like that

他們如何訓練員工使用 AI 系統，他們如何建立資料基礎讓 AI 系統不會產生幻覺，因為這是客服應用，對吧，諸如此類的

that being said this is an excellent beginner level course with three huge advantages first you're learning from Google employees who are established experts in the field of AI they know

話雖如此，這是一個優秀的入門級課程，有三大優勢。首先，你是向 Google 員工學習，他們是 AI 領域的專家。他們知道

what they're talking about and they're not just some random person on the internet who enjoys making crass jokes second as a visual learner I'm amazed at how they're able to use Simple Graphics

自己在說什麼，他們不只是網路上某個喜歡講粗俗笑話的隨便某人。第二，作為視覺學習者，我很驚訝他們能用簡單的圖形

to explain complex topics for example they analogize AI tools and AI models to a car and its engine the model sleng engine provides the underlying capabilities while the tool like the car

來解釋複雜的主題。例如，他們把 AI 工具和 AI 模型比喻為汽車和它的引擎。模型就像引擎，提供底層能力，而工具就像汽車

helps you in completing the task third the interactive elements are surprisingly helpful the activities or homework are well-designed in that they actually help you learn a key concept from that lesson the graded assignments

幫助你完成任務。第三，互動元素出乎意料地有幫助。活動或作業設計得很好，真的能幫助你學習該課的關鍵概念。評分作業

are also not that easy they're mainly multiple choice but you actually have to pay attention to get 80% and pass the quiz last but not least the course

也不是那麼容易。它們主要是選擇題，但你確實需要專心才能拿到 80% 透過測驗。最後同樣重要的是，課程

provides a curated list of AI tools for beginners to explore and includes a glossery of common AI terms that are now prevalent in our daily lives to sum up

提供了一個精選的 AI 工具清單供初學者探索，並包含一個常見 AI 術語的詞彙表，這些術語現在在我們的日常生活中已經很普遍。總結來說

this course is great for beginners visual Learners and can use the legit certificate you get the end to attract prospective employers and or Partners um if you this video helpful you might want

這個課程非常適合初學者、視覺學習者，而且你可以用最後拿到的正式證書來吸引潛在僱主和/或合作夥伴。如果你覺得這支影片有幫助，你可能想

to check out my summary of Google's free AI course that's a bit more conceptual but equally important in the meantime though as usual have a great one

看看我對 Google 免費 AI 課程的總結，那個課程更偏概念性但同樣重要。在此同時，一如往常，祝你有美好的一天