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The Complete Stanford AI & ML Lecture Collection

9 flagship Stanford courses — everything from classical ML to LLMs, all free on YouTube.

Curated by Sai Sridhar Tarra
10 Courses
300+ Lectures
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Stanford University
01

Machine Learning CS229

Andrew Ng's legendary ML course. Linear regression, logistic regression, SVMs, neural networks, unsupervised learning, EM algorithm. The foundation every ML engineer needs before anything else.

Supervised Learning SVMs Neural Networks Andrew Ng Beginner → Intermediate
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02

Deep Learning for Computer Vision CS231n

CNNs, image classification, object detection, segmentation, generative models, and the full visual recognition pipeline. Taught by Fei-Fei Li and team — the definitive vision DL course.

CNNs ResNet GANs Object Detection Fei-Fei Li
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03

NLP with Deep Learning CS224N

Word embeddings, RNNs, attention, the transformer architecture, pretraining (BERT, GPT), and modern NLP systems. If you want to understand how LLMs work from the ground up — start here.

Transformers BERT GPT Word2Vec Chris Manning
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04

Machine Learning with Graphs CS224W

Graph neural networks, node embeddings, knowledge graphs, GraphSAGE, GCNs, and applications in social networks, biology, and recommendation systems. Essential for Graph RAG and knowledge graph work.

GNNs GraphSAGE Knowledge Graphs Node Embeddings Jure Leskovec
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05

Deep Multi-Task & Meta Learning CS330

How models learn to learn. MAML, Reptile, few-shot learning, transfer learning, multi-task architectures, and the techniques behind models that generalize from very little data. Taught by Chelsea Finn.

Meta-Learning MAML Few-Shot Learning Transfer Learning Chelsea Finn
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06

Reinforcement Learning CS234

MDPs, Q-learning, policy gradients, actor-critic methods, deep RL, and exploration strategies. The math and intuition behind training agents that learn from reward — including the foundations of RLHF.

MDPs Q-Learning Policy Gradient RLHF Foundations Emma Brunskill
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07

Transformers United CS25

Guest lectures from researchers at OpenAI, DeepMind, Google Brain, and Anthropic on cutting-edge transformer applications — vision, language, robotics, science, and beyond. Closest you get to a frontier research seminar for free.

Frontier Research Vision Transformers Robotics Guest Lectures State of the Art
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08

AI: Principles & Techniques CS221

Broad foundations of AI — search, constraint satisfaction, Bayesian networks, Markov decision processes, logic, and learning. The course that builds the conceptual vocabulary every AI practitioner needs.

Search Algorithms Bayesian Networks Logic MDPs Percy Liang
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09

Machine Learning with Graphs — Edition 2 CS224W

Second offering of Stanford's graph ML course with updated content, new guest lectures, and deeper dives into heterogeneous graphs and scalable GNN training. Different instructors, different angle on the same powerful ideas.

GNNs Heterogeneous Graphs Scalable Training Link Prediction Graph Transformers
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10

Large Language Models CS324

Stanford's dedicated LLM course. Scaling laws, emergent capabilities, alignment, RLHF, societal impact, hallucination, and what frontier models actually do under the hood. Most directly relevant to where AI is today.

Scaling Laws RLHF Alignment Emergent Capabilities Percy Liang
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