AI, Business & the Future of Work

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Free Online Course: AI, Business & the Future of Work provided by Coursera is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 4 weeks long, 12 hours worth of material. The course is taught in English and is free of charge. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from Coursera. AI, Business & the Future of Work is taught by Anamaria Dutceac Segesten.

Overview
  • This course from Lunds university will help you understand and use AI so that you can transform your organisation to be more efficient, more sustainable and thus innovative.

    The lives of people all over the world are increasingly enhanced and shaped by artificial intelligence. To organisations there are tremendous opportunities, but also risks, so where do you start to plan for AI, business and the future of work?

    Whether you are in the public or private sector, in a large organisation or a small shop, AI has a growing impact on your business. Most organisations don’t have a strategy in place for how to make AI work for them.

    The teacher, Anamaria Dutceac Segesten, will guide you through the topics with short lectures, interviews and interactive exercises meant to get you thinking about your own context.

    12 industry professionals, AI experts and thought leaders from different industries have been interviewed and will complement the short lectures to give you a broad overview of perspectives on the topics. You will meet:

    Kerstin Enflo
    Professor in Economic History
    Lund University

    Dr. Irene Ek
    Founder
    Digital Institute

    Samuel Engblom
    Policy Director
    The Swedish Confederation of Professional Employees

    Pelle Kimvall
    Lead Solution Ideator
    AFRY X

    Joakim Wernberg
    Research Director, Digitalisation and Tech Policy
    Swedish Entrepreneurship Forum

    Marcus Henriksson
    Empathic Leader of AI & Automation and Digital Business Development
    Empathic

    Johan Grundström Eriksson
    Board Advisor, Innovation Management & Corporate Governance
    Founder & Chairman, aiRikr Innovation AB

    Jakob Svensson
    Professor in Media and Communication Studies
    Malmö University

    Ulrik Franke
    Senior Researcher
    RISE Research Institutes of Sweden

    Björn Lorentzon
    Nordic Growth Lead
    Sympa

    Anna Felländer
    Founder
    AI Sustainability Center

    Prof. Fredrik Heintz
    Associate Professor of Computer Science
    Linköping University

Syllabus
    • Introduction to AI in work and business
      • You will be introduced to key concepts in the area of AI and given the historical context from which AI as a technological revolution takes place.
    • What AI can do
      • You will be introduced to how the power of AI can be recruited for your organisation.
    • Risks with AI
      • You will be introduced to the possible risks of introducing AI to your organisation.
    • AI and the future of work
      • You will be introduced to future scenarios of human-machine interaction.