Here’s a full year-wise (12-month) detailed plan to master Artificial Intelligence from scratch — even if you are starting with just basic coding knowledge.
📚 Full 1-Year AI Learning Roadmap
Month 1-2: Foundations (Mathematics + Programming)
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Mathematics for AI:
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Linear Algebra: Vectors, Matrices, Matrix multiplication
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Calculus: Derivatives, Chain Rule, Partial Derivatives
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Probability and Statistics: Bayes' Theorem, Mean, Variance, Standard Deviation
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Optimization Basics: Gradient Descent
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Programming:
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Master Python (focus on data structures, loops, functions, OOP)
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Learn libraries: NumPy, Pandas, Matplotlib
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✅ Mini project:
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Matrix calculator
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Simple data visualizations (bar, scatter plots)
Month 3-4: Machine Learning (ML) Basics
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Core ML Concepts:
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Supervised Learning (Linear Regression, Logistic Regression)
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Unsupervised Learning (K-Means, PCA)
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Model Evaluation (Accuracy, Precision, Recall, F1 Score)
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Important Algorithms:
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Decision Trees
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Random Forest
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K-Nearest Neighbors
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Support Vector Machines
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Tools:
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Scikit-learn
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Jupyter Notebook
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✅ Mini-project:
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Predict house prices
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Customer segmentation using K-Means
Month 5-6: Deep Learning Foundations
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Neural Networks:
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Perceptron
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Feed-forward Neural Networks
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Backpropagation
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Advanced Deep Learning:
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Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs)
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Activation Functions (ReLU, Softmax)
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Frameworks:
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TensorFlow or PyTorch
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✅ Mini-project:
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Build a digit recognizer using MNIST dataset
Month 7: Natural Language Processing (NLP)
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Topics:
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Text Preprocessing (Tokenization, Stemming, Lemmatization)
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Word Embeddings (Word2Vec, GloVe)
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Transformers Introduction (BERT basics)
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Libraries:
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NLTK
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Hugging Face Transformers
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✅ Mini project:
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Sentiment analysis of movie reviews
Month 8: Computer Vision
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Topics:
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Image Classification
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Object Detection (YOLO basics)
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Image Augmentation
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Frameworks:
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OpenCV
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TensorFlow/PyTorch (for vision models)
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✅ Mini project:
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Build a dog vs cat image classifier
Month 9: Advanced Topics
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Reinforcement Learning:
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Q-Learning
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Policy Gradients
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Generative AI:
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GANs (Generative Adversarial Networks)
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Diffusion Models (intro)
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Model Deployment Basics:
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Flask API basics
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Using Docker for deployment
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✅ Mini project:
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Build an AI that plays a simple game (like Tic-Tac-Toe)
Month 10: Real-world Applications + Big Data
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MLOps Basics:
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CI/CD in AI
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Model Monitoring
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Version Control for models (DVC)
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Big Data:
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Introduction to Apache Spark
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Processing large datasets
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✅ Mini project:
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Train and deploy an ML model on cloud (AWS/GCP)
Month 11: Ethics, Responsible AI, and Research Skills
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Topics:
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AI Bias and Fairness
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Interpretability and Explainability (XAI)
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Privacy in AI
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✅ Mini project:
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Write a small research paper on AI fairness in hiring models
Month 12: Specialization and Portfolio Building
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Choose one specialization:
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Advanced NLP
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Advanced Computer Vision
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Robotics
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Healthcare AI
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Finance AI
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**Work on a Capstone Project:
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Build an End-to-End AI System
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Deploy it publicly (GitHub, personal portfolio)
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✅ Bonus:
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Contribute to open-source AI projects
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Participate in AI competitions (Kaggle, Driven Data)
🌟 Bonus Tips:
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Follow AI news (ArXiv, Medium AI publications)
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Listen to AI podcasts (Lex Fridman Podcast, Practical AI)
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Join AI communities (Reddit r/Machine Learning, Kaggle forums)
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Take mini courses (Coursera, edX, Fast.ai)
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