OpenAI has partnered with AI expert and Stanford University professor Andrew Ng to launch a groundbreaking free course titled "Reasoning with o1". This course, taught by Colin Jarvis, the Director of Strategic Solutions Architecture at OpenAI, aims to help developers deeply understand the advanced reasoning capabilities of the o series models.
Course link: https://www.deeplearning.ai/short-courses/reasoning-with-o1
The o series models are the next generation of AI models introduced by OpenAI in 2024. Compared to traditional large language models, the most notable feature of this series is its ability to handle complex problems through deeper "thinking" processes. By performing chain-of-thought analysis during reasoning, the o series models demonstrate exceptional performance in emerging application scenarios such as multi-step planning, image reasoning, and long-term coding.
The course content is comprehensive and systematic, covering the fundamentals of o1 instant engineering, planning and executing multi-step tasks, code creation and editing, image reasoning, and the Metaprompting techniques that can enhance model performance. Students will not only gain a deep understanding of how o1 works and its performance characteristics but also learn how to balance the use of different models in practical applications to achieve optimal cost-effectiveness.
Notably, the course will provide detailed explanations of how OpenAI uses reinforcement learning to build models with "inference at test time" capabilities, as well as how "chain of thought" prompts help o1 autonomously break down complex problems into manageable steps. In the practical section, students will learn how to have o1 function as a coordinator working alongside the 40-mini model, balancing intelligent performance with cost expenditure.
Additionally, the course includes a coding competition segment, where students will conduct comparative tests between o1-mini and GPT4o, helping them intuitively understand the performance differences between various models. In terms of image understanding, the course will showcase how o1 achieves superior performance through hierarchical reasoning.
The launch of this free course not only reflects OpenAI's commitment to AI education but also provides developers with an excellent opportunity to gain in-depth knowledge and mastery of the next generation of AI models. For developers looking to remain competitive in AI application development, this is undoubtedly a learning opportunity not to be missed.
