AI for Professionals: Ethics, Responsibility and Best Practices

Overview

From helping spark creative ideas to improving efficiency, GenAI is revolutionising the way we live and work. Like many new developments in technology, however, it's also opened a Pandaora's box of ethical challenges that must be considered. AI bias, inaccruacy and plagarism have caused many people to be causing about embracing the potential benefits of GenAI.

This course is designed to equip learners with the knowledge and skills needed to navigate the complexities of AI, ensuring they can use GenAI responsibly and ethically in various contexts. We use an interactive storytelling approach to help you grasp the fundamentals of AI ethics and develop critical thinking skills. You'll also be given the guided through scenarios where you can apply your newfound knowledge in real-work practical settings.

The course will provide you with a comprehensive understanding of the benefits, ethical considerations, and implications of using AI, so that you can be confident that any AI content you produce is unbiased, accurate and transpartent. As a result, you'll learn how to confidently use GenAI to its full potential and become a responsible digital citizen.

Syllabus

Module 1: The benefits of GenAI

We will start by looking at the benefits and background of AI. You need to know what AI is, how it works and how much it's embedded into our daily lives to understand the nuances and difficulties of using AI ethically. Learning Outcomes:

Recognise commonly used AI terminology
Identify the positives and negatives of using GenAI

Module 2: Hallucinations, bias and transparency

In this module, we will explore the key ethical principles that guide responsible AI use, and discuss concepts such as transparency and accountability, biases and hallucinations in AI systems. We will focus on how each of these may affect how you use AI in the workplace. Learning outcomes:

Recognise the consequences of using incorrect or biased information created by GenAI
Recognise correct ways to acknowledge your use of AI

Module 3: Privacy, security and intellectual property

Not every organisation you're involved with will have clear guidelines and how AI should be used. In this module, we will explore some further ethical challenges that users face when engaging with GenAI. We'll discuss guidelines and frameworks around responsible use of AI, keeping your data private and secure and intellectual property rights and copyright. Learning Outcomes:

Identify differences in the usage policies of different AI tools
Recognise ways you can ethically use GenAI in the workplace

Module 4: The future of AI

Part of maintaining ethical use of AI, involves keeping on top of future trends and continually learning about the way it is changing. This module will look at how you can weigh up the positives and negatives of using GenAI to cope with disruption to the workplace, assess the impact of GenAI on society, and stay on top of changing attitudes towards the use of GenAI and changes to government policy and regulation. Learning outcomes: