With this series designed to prepare students for a career as a data scientist, IBM provides by far the longest course in this guide.
You can learn the fundamentals of machine learning from scratch with the help of the University of Washington's machine learning course.
For a shorter course that you can complete in the evenings over a week or two, try this option: It will only take you eight hours to complete and serves as a guide to some of the ethical issues surrounding the use of AI.
Sometimes you need a fun topic before your brain actually enjoys learning enough to actually retain the information.
The most fundamental introduction to the nexus between AI and coding will be provided by this Codeacademy course. Indeed, AI is capable of creating useful syntax and code fragments.