Generative AI is poised to become one of the most disruptive technologies of our generation. In this course series, you will better understand how generative AI works, what we can learn from disruptive technologies of the past, and the role AI may play in workplaces in the future. In “Navigating Disruption: Generative AI in the Workplace”, you’ll explore how artificial intelligence is set to influence various industries and jobs, and how you can ensure generative AI tools are used responsibly in your workplace.
Navigating Disruption: Generative AI in the Workplace Specialization
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Navigating Disruption: Generative AI in the Workplace Specialization
How AI is shaping the workplace. Learn the basic functions of generative AI and how it will impact workplace tasks, jobs, the labor market, and organizational strategy.
Instructor: Josh Pasek
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(17 reviews)
Beginner level
Recommended experience
1 month at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Earn a career credential
Share your expertise with employers
What you'll learn
Gain perspective on the strengths and limitations of generative AI in the workplace
Understand the ways that generative AI will shape jobs and workplace tasks
Understand the implications of implementing generative AI in a changing workplace
Forecast the risks implicated in the adoption of generative AI across domains
Overview
Skills you'll gain
- Data Security
- Human Resources
- Journalism
- Regulatory Requirements
- Labor Relations
- Risk Management
- Personally Identifiable Information
- Automation
- Workforce Management
- Large Language Modeling
- Organizational Development
- Data Ethics
- Law, Regulation, and Compliance
- Business Ethics
- Policy Development
- Artificial Intelligence
- Generative AI Agents
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What you'll learn
Explain the basics of generative AI tools
Compare the effects of generative AI to earlier technological advances
Identify the key accomplishments and limitations of generative AI tools
Identify basic strategies for writing prompts for generative AI
Skills you'll gain
Category: Generative AI
Category: Artificial Intelligence
Category: Image Analysis
Category: ChatGPT
Category: Natural Language Processing
Category: Prompt Engineering
Category: Large Language Modeling
Category: Visualization (Computer Graphics)
What you'll learn
Classify key ways that AI might influence workplace tasks
Highlight the impact of generative AI for different types of work
Examine the appropriate use cases for generative AI
Discuss how AI might change the distributions of tasks within jobs
Skills you'll gain
Category: Education and Training
Category: Analysis
Category: Job Analysis
Category: Generative AI Agents
Category: Automation
Category: Marketing
Category: Journalism
Category: Generative AI
Category: Economics
Category: Artificial Intelligence
Category: Emerging Technologies
Category: Marketing Analytics
Category: Critical Thinking
What you'll learn
Identify ways generative AI might alter managerial work
Anticipate challenges that generative AI can pose for workers and management
Forecast implications of AI for interactions between companies and customers
Explore generative AI’s influence on who takes responsibility for AI products and worker’s autonomy
Skills you'll gain
Category: Policy Development
Category: Customer Relationship Management
Category: Workforce Management
Category: Human Resources
Category: Artificial Intelligence
Category: Labor Relations
Category: Generative AI
Category: Job Analysis
Category: Business Ethics
Category: Organizational Development
Category: Emerging Technologies
What you'll learn
Identify ways generative AI algorithms can lead to biases in decision-making
Anticipate implications of a lack of algorithmic transparency for decision-making
Plan proactively to protect data security and user privacy
Consider ethics at every stage of the generative AI decision-making process
Skills you'll gain
Category: Risk Management
Category: Data Security
Category: Personally Identifiable Information
Category: Technology Roadmaps
Category: Emerging Technologies
Category: Data Ethics
Category: Artificial Intelligence
Category: Business Ethics
Category: Generative AI
Category: Regulatory Requirements
Category: Law, Regulation, and Compliance
Category: Risk Analysis
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