look I'm not going to try to scare you but AI is taking over industries and even the simplest jobs now ask for AI skills if you're worried about falling behind the curve then you probably should we all should the AI train is waiting at the platform but one day it's taking off leaving everybody else behind but here's the good news there's still time to learn AI so you can land an AI job or build a business and you don't need any tech skills whatsoever so let me show you the top nine AI certifications that can make you rich in 2025 if you play your cards right first up on the list is perfect for those with no background in AI or tech whatsoever but still want to get your foot in the door and that's a course from Stanford called the AI awakening you ever feel like AI is just happening to you instead of for you most people just play with chat GPT but they have no idea about what's coming next and that's a very scary place to be so before you get into learning how to use AI it's smart to understand where all of this is going because that's kind of the foundation for everything this course explores the impact of AI on the workforce economy and society at large now just as a warning it can be scary to know all of this and how much it's going to change in just a couple of years but as they say being prepared is never a bad thing and after this course you're not going to be watching the AI wave you'll know exactly where it's going next and so the next one on the list is for those who want to learn AI from scratch and this course is like having a wise mentor walk you through a new city and then giving you a map for you to explore it yourself it's called AI for everyone and with millions of learners you might have heard about it so we'll just cover it really really quickly before covering some more exotic search now AI is not only for engineers they say and this is especially for nontechnical people this course is teaching you AI as if it was a computer where you're going to be learning how to use the computer without knowing how all the small components work inside of it this course only takes about 6 hours and you'll start by covering what is AI i mean that's the big question how many of your friends do you think really understand what AI is i think most people are pretty confused and everybody's just pretending to understand so they don't feel stupid but everybody else is pretending to then you're going to be covering how to build AI projects and using AI in your company and then also an hour about its impact on society now there's a specific type of AI called generative AI and that includes tools that we use on our computers like chat GPT and Gemini instead of just analyzing data these tools can actually create things like writing code or images based on what you input think of it as an AI that doesn't just find answers but it actually makes something from scratch that's why it's called generative but how does that actually work well they've first been trained on enormous data sets from humans they've been using our texts our photos our traces and everything that we left on the internet all of that kind of gets stored in the AI brain and used as a reference to create new stuff and there's a course called generative AI for everyone and one of the most important skills that you'll learn in this course is called prompting prompting is basically knowing how to talk to AI tools like SHA GPT so they give you the most useful answers it's not about being technical but just knowing how to ask for the right things so think of it like giving instructions to a really smart intern and the better your prompt the better the result and often times when people complain about AI not being as helpful as they thought they probably don't know how to use it properly and now let us talk about money it's no secret that AI is changing business forever really really fast and governments don't yet have the expertise they don't have the institutions they don't have the reg and somebody who knows this is University of Pennsylvania this Ivy League school created a course on using AI for business and it's for beginners with no tech skills i think it's a really cool course that gives you real actionable stuff because you're going to be learning the basics of AI big data and machine learning as well as how AI is used at work like how various businesses use it to take over the boring repetitive stuff speed things up and make smarter decisions think of it like kind of giving your job a power tool you're still doing the work you're just doing it way smarter and way faster now the course itself is only about 1 month at 10 hours per week so roughly 40 hours in total to finish the certificate and you're going to start with AI fundamentals and then AI applications in marketing and finance so basically business stuff with AI and then you're going to be covering how AI is used in HR and people management and finally a course on general AI strategy to be smarter than others with the help of your AI friend have you ever felt that you're stuck doing the same annoying tasks every day like writing and responding to boring emails while your actual to-do list just gets longer and longer that's one of the situations where AI can seriously help you because imagine having a digital sidekick that never gets tired never complains and actually helps you write faster and think better and that's what the next course is all about it's called AI Essentials and it's from Google and over 1 million people already took this course and 98% of learners really liked it it all begins with an introduction to AI like we've heard so many times but all of these courses have to start somewhere and uh then it goes into maximizing productivity where you'll basically be learning how to tell if a task is a good fit for AI or not because sometimes even if the AI is really smart it's just better to do it yourself next it's going to cover prompting using AI and staying ahead of the curve because Google knows that AI is growing and moving really fast and this module shows you how companies are already using it so you can stay up to date as things change i can't name a single bad course by Google can you so it's definitely worth checking out so now we're moving into a search for really highpaying AI jobs and it's a new job called the AI engineer just look at the salary range yourself it's clearly worth looking into so if you're ready to go beyond the basics and actually start building a career in AI the IBM AI engineering certificate is perfect for you it's designed to get you job ready in under 4 months we're going to talk more about that later and you're going to learn the core skills employers look for in entrylevel AI roles and you'll actually build some projects for it over 100,000 people have taken up on this offer and we're only just getting started so you're still really early if you're getting it now but there's something that you should know before starting it's not entirely made for beginners and that's because AI engineer is a very technical role they need to know the hard stuff so to begin this course you should have a little bit of experience even if it's not that much and that includes some Python programming some data analysis and at least a high school math education but you can also fill the gaps with other courses on Corsera for example but for the next on the list you don't need any experience or any tech skills to start raking in money from AI you might have seen those little chat boxes that pop up on the websites that you visit asking if you need help or offering a product or some suggestion and that is a chatbot and right now businesses are using them more and more to save time cut costs and respond to customers faster by just having a bot that's there to automatically help them but here's what most people don't know you don't need to be a programmer to build one of these yourself and this course build AI powered chat bots without programming self-explanatory shows you how to create your own chatbot from scratch using simple tools from IBM no coding or tech background is needed whatsoever and in just 6 weeks you'll go from I have no idea how chatbots work to creating one that could actually be used in a real business and by the end you'll also have a project to show plus a certificate that you can add to your resume or to your LinkedIn so now we're switching things up and we're going one step further and this is for those who really want to cash in on the AI opportunity that want to make a guaranteed pretty much guaranteed six figures and are willing to put in the work to do so so first up is Microsoft's official AI fundamentals certification this is not available on Corsera but you can use courses over there to prepare for it you head to Microsoft's own website to take the exam and it's a 45minute test which once you finish gives you one of the stronger AI credentials out there and this is what companies really look for to become an AI engineer now it's going to cost you about $100 to attempt the exam the pricing will depend on your country a little bit though and you only have one chance so if you do fail it you're going to have to pay again so is it easy definitely not but once you pass you're in for a ride in AI another one that could be better for you is Amazon's Certified AI practitioner this is perfect if you're a business analyst if you're working in IT support or you're some sort of manager or sales professional but please note that I'm not selling these things as a beginner you should already be familiar with these technologies and this is just about going one step further looking to get a job in AI or improve your existing career for example as an AI engineer so regardless of your level there's definitely an AIert that can make you rich in 2025 now check out this video next where we cover moreerts and more job opportunities including work from home stuff so check it out right there