<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Foundations on ericbeyer - Just another eric site</title><link>https://www.ericbeyer.org/tags/foundations/</link><description>Recent content in Foundations on ericbeyer - Just another eric site</description><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en</language><lastBuildDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2025 12:00:00 -0500</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.ericbeyer.org/tags/foundations/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 2025 Certified AI Foundations Associate</title><link>https://www.ericbeyer.org/posts/oracle-ai-foundations/</link><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2025 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate><guid>https://www.ericbeyer.org/posts/oracle-ai-foundations/</guid><description>&lt;div style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 2rem;"&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Successfully achieved the &lt;strong&gt;Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 2025 Certified AI Foundations Associate&lt;/strong&gt; credential. This certification validates a foundational understanding of Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), and Deep Learning concepts, along with their practical application workflows within the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure ecosystem.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;AI and ML Fundamentals:&lt;/strong&gt; Understanding core terminology, difference between supervised and unsupervised learning, and common neural network concepts.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Generative AI Concepts:&lt;/strong&gt; High-level foundational knowledge of Large Language Models (LLMs) and their role in modern software engineering.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;OCI AI Services:&lt;/strong&gt; Overview of Oracle&amp;rsquo;s suite of managed AI capabilities, including OCI Language, Document Understanding, Vision, and Speech.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Machine Learning on OCI:&lt;/strong&gt; Familiarity with OCI Data Science infrastructure for building, training, and deploying custom ML models at scale.&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;To view the official credential validation and metadata, you can verify the digital badge directly via Oracle CertView:&lt;/p&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>