Understanding AI from Scratch Webinar

This six-part lecture series was delivered to the Mayo Clinic Department of Radiation Oncology to help clinicians understand the core concepts of AI, from linear regression and neural networks to ChatGPT and prompt engineering.

Designed for healthcare professionals with no prior background in AI, the lectures use clinical examples and build from first principles.

Watch the Lectures

Lecture 1: What is Deep Learning?

Lecture 2: From Single Neurons to Neural Networks

Lecture 3: AI for Imaging

Lecture 4: Practical AI for Imaging

Lecture 5: How Does ChatGPT Work?

Lecture 6: Prompting ChatGPT

Guide

• Lectures 1 & 2: Deep Learning from the Ground Up — from linear regression and gradient descent to neural networks, overfitting, and generalization.
• Lectures 3 & 4: Medical Imaging & Convolutional Networks — how deep learning processes images and powers medical AI.
• Lectures 5 & 6: Large Language Models & Prompting — how ChatGPT works and how to use techniques like retrieval-augmented generation (RAG).