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MIT 6.S191: Introduction to Deep Learning

MIT · on MIT OpenCourseWare

FreeintermediateVideo series

MIT's fast-moving bootcamp updates each year to cover sequence modeling, vision, generative models, RL, and LLMs, with TensorFlow/PyTorch labs including LLM fine-tuning. Great for getting current on the deep learning landscape in a compact format.

Who it's for

Programmers ready for the deep end. This is an intermediate course in Deep Learning, running about 9 lectures plus 3 software labs (~2 weeks intensive).

Cost at a glance

Free. 2026 edition runs Mar 30 - May 25; lectures and labs released weekly and remain open-source under MIT license.

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