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Andrew Ng

Founder, DeepLearning.AI; Co-founder, Coursera

One of the most followed AI educators globally, sharing accessible breakdowns of AI developments and free learning resources. Coach's note: Follow him for plain-English AI explanations and pointers to free courses you can actually finish.

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Read them in their own words

Published elsewhere, not by me — so you get real context beyond the name and the title.

PodcastStrange Loop (Sana)2025

Andrew Ng: Why AI coding is the new literacy

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Key arguments & positions

  • A leading advocate for democratizing practical AI skills across the workforce, not just among specialists.
  • A prominent critic of AI-doom-driven regulation, arguing it risks entrenching large incumbents.
  • Champions "data-centric AI" — improving data quality over tweaking model architecture.

Accomplishments

  • Co-founded Google Brain (2011) and was founding lead of the Stanford AI Lab.
  • Former chief scientist at Baidu.
  • Created Stanford's original "Machine Learning" Coursera course and co-founded Coursera.
  • Founded DeepLearning.AI (publisher of "The Batch"), Landing AI and AI Fund.

Papers & key writings

Links

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Jobs

What they've said in public about careers, hiring and work. Each point links to its source.

  • Career advice

    His free e-book sets out a three-step path into AI work: learn the basics, build projects, then look for a job. It also covers portfolios, informational interviews and imposter syndrome.

    How to Build Your Career in AI (free PDF), 2022

Timeline

  1. 2011Founds and leads the Google Brain team.
  2. 2012Co-founds Coursera; his machine learning course reaches millions.
  3. 2014Becomes chief scientist at Baidu.
  4. 2017Launches DeepLearning.AI.
  5. 2021Starts The Batch, his weekly plain-language AI newsletter.

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Andrew Ng

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Personal site of Andrew Ng, co-founder of Coursera and DeepLearning.AI and a founding lead of Google Brain, collecting his courses, writing and current projects.

From the site: Andrew Ng has helped millions of people learn AI. Founder of DeepLearning.AI, AI Fund, and LandingAI. Co-Founder of Coursera. Board Director at Amazon.

Why I recommend it: His teaching is the cheapest serious on-ramp into machine learning that exists. Start from the courses list rather than the news.

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