CE-AIAP-2000 - Business Ethics of Generative AI

Course Description

Generative AI is an extremely powerful tool that can be utilized effectively in a range of applications, but there are certain ethical implications you need to consider when implementing the use of AI. In this course, you’ll gain a deeper understanding of the ethical issues that can come up with the use of generative AI as well as how to navigate them to make sure you’re using AI ethically for your organization.

Is This Course For You?

This course is designed for anyone interested in learning more about how to address the ethical implications of generative AI in business settings. You don’t need prior experience with generative AI to take this course. This course is a good fit for you if you want to gain a deeper understanding of how generative AI can be used ethically in your organization. Business Ethics of Generative AI is also the second core course in the Applied Generative AI Mastery Certificate, and if you’re interested in pursuing the mastery certificate we suggest you take this course after completing the first core course, Introduction to Generative AI. This course can be taken at the same time as the third core course in the mastery certificate, Applied Generative AI.

What You’ll Learn

In this course, you’ll dive into the ethical considerations and societal impacts of generative AI. You’ll learn about the responsibilities associated with using AI technologies in business as well as develop strategies to mitigate potential risks and ethical dilemmas. What you’ll learn throughout the course will culminate in a final project that you can use to demonstrate your newfound skills and knowledge as part of your professional portfolio. For this project, you’ll develop a comprehensive ethical analysis for a hypothetical AI initiative within a company, addressing issues of bias, environment, truth, copyright, privacy & security, datafication, emotion recognition, human labor, and power.

How You’ll Learn

This six-week course is fully online and asynchronous, so you can complete each week’s lessons and coursework on your own time. During this hands-on course, you’ll engage in activities including an ethical impact assessment of a current AI project or case study, reflective journaling on ethical issues that will come up in the lessons, and analyzing and debating issues raised in current news articles. You’ll also work on your final project throughout the course as you gain the knowledge and skills you need to complete it.

Skills You Walk Away With

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

• Analyze the ethical implications and societal impacts of generative AI.
• Evaluate regulatory and legal frameworks governing AI technologies at the global, national, corporate, and individual levels.
• Develop strategies for responsible and ethical use of generative AI in business.

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