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Economist Education: Artificial Intelligence: Understanding and Applying AI in Business

Gain the practical skills and insights to use AI effectively at work.

Gain the practical skills and insights to use AI effectively at work.

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2 weeks
5–6 hours per week
Starts Mar 10, 2025
Enroll by Mar 16, 2025
Instructor-paced
Instructor-led on a course schedule

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2 weeks
5–6 hours per week
Starts Mar 10, 2025
Enroll by Mar 16, 2025
Instructor-paced
Instructor-led on a course schedule

About this Course

Discover how to use artificial intelligence (AI) to stay competitive in the workplace. The two-week online course, Artificial Intelligence: Understanding and Applying AI in Business, offers practical insights from The Economist’s journalists and Tom Chatfield, an expert on technology and society. It dispels the myths surrounding AI and provides a clear understanding of how to use this technology effectively and ethically for increased productivity and profitability.

This course gives participants a comprehensive overview of AI, its potential, and its challenges. It cuts through the noise surrounding generative AI, clarifies the workings of large language models like ChatGPT, and explores their capabilities and risks. Using real-world examples, the course examines how AI is being used in business, offering both theoretical frameworks and hands-on opportunities to apply these concepts. With input from The Economist's science-and-technology experts and guest speakers, participants will explore what AI's growth means for them, for organizations, and for society.

Enjoy a free three-month digital subscription to The Economist with this executive-education course from Economist Education. Read articles on Economist.com or the app, listen to the weekly edition, watch videos, browse newsletters, immerse yourself in podcasts, and join exclusive events.

Whether you are a business professional seeking practical skills in AI or a leader aiming to grasp its broader implications, this course will give you a valuable foundation. The course also addresses the ethical and regulatory aspects of AI, prompting critical thinking about the technology’s future.

Course curriculum

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Learn practical principles for harnessing artificial intelligence in business as you work through the weekly modules of this online course.

Orientation module: Welcome to your Online Campus

Module 1: Understanding the ultimate tool: what’s AI made from?

Module 2: Putting AI to work: uses and abuses

Some facts about the subject

$2.6trn–4.4 trn

The equivalent value that generative AI could add annually to the world economy.

McKinsey (Jun, 2023).

78%

The proportion of business leaders who believe that generative AI benefits outweigh its risks.

Gartner (Oct, 2023).

Why choose GetSmarter?

GetSmarter, an edX partner, delivers career-relevant, fully supported, and expert-led online courses from the world's leading universities and institutions. As an online learning expert with over 15 years' experience, GetSmarter leverages long-standing expertise in market research, data analysis, and business insights to ensure that you gain the skills critical to career growth.