The Leaders’ Guide to Artificial Intelligence

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Are you worried that AI could take your job? Do you know how to harness its power and advance your career? This self-paced online course is designed to provide leaders in all types and sizes of organisations with the information and knowledge to understand what artificial intelligence (AI) is so they are ready to look seriously at using AI in their organisations. No prior knowledge of AI is needed; the course uses straight-forward language to describe the key concepts so it is accessible to leaders no matter what their background.

Through 11 video tutorials you will gain the skills to:

  • Confidently identify some of the different types of AI
  • Spot some of the myths about artificial intelligence
  • Summarise why AI is so prevalent in 2020s
  • Explain how AI is changing organisations

The exercises and case studies were very useful, bringing the learning to light and giving useful insight into practical AI uses that might be good for any business.  

Student of AI for Leaders – the Essentials

You will experiment with different AI tools and find out about many different uses of AI in organisations today. There are quizzes so you can check your understanding and in the final module you will develop practical plans to take forward AI in your organisation and plan the next stage in your own development.

The length of the modules is great – I can complete one over lunch – and the quizzes reassure me about how much I’m learning.

Student of AI for Leaders – the Essentials

Everyone who completes the course will receive a certificate. As part of our mission to inspire as many people as possible to use AI with wisdom and integrity we’ll provide one free place to someone from a third sector organisation on this course for every 10 paid-for places. If you want to find out how to secure one of the free places email [email protected]

**Course announcement: We discuss “foundation models” in the course, like GPT3. Since recording the module, OpenAI have brought out ChatGPT (built on GPT3) which is revolutionising the way we search for information on the internet. Here’s a bonus lesson explaining what it means for organisations.

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What Will You Learn?

  • How to identify the main types of AI
  • Explain how AI is changing organisations
  • Understand key tasks AI can tackle
  • Discuss ways to use AI in your organisation
  • Analyse risks of using AI and how to mitigate them
  • Recognise and understand statistical terms commonly used in AI
  • Form your personal development plan to further your AI knowledge
  • Create your Board's development plan

Course Content

Introduction
This short lesson introduces students to the course. There's a link to a video for you to view to give a (humorous) historical perspective!

What is AI?
Through this video, trying out AI tools and a quiz you'll build your understanding of what AI is, giving you the foundations for thinking about how you might use AI in your organisation. At the end of this module you should be confident in giving a definition of AI and you'll be able to summarise the reasons why AI is so prevalent in 2020s.

Myth Busting
Learn about 11 myths that have grown up around AI. This will help you be clearer about what we do and don't mean when we talk about AI. There's a quiz to check your understanding too.

Types of AI
This topic looks at some of the different types of AI

AI in Action – part I
Look at examples of AI working in real life

Algorithms and models
Find out what we really mean by algorithms and models in AI

AI in Action – part II
Find out more about how AI is being used

A bit about statistics in AI
Improve your understanding of some key statistical terms used in AI and build your confidence

Possibilities for using AI
Be inspired by some of the many ways AI is being used

Pitfalls when using AI
Understand key problems is using AI so you can critique potential data and AI uses

AI in your organisation
Bring together all you have learned to form your personal development plan and plan how to take forward AI use in your organisation

Learning assessment
Assess what you have learned through this course and set goals for your future learning

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