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Agentic AI and AI Agents: A Primer for Leaders
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Agentic AI and AI Agents: A Primer for Leaders
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Instructor: Dr. Jules White
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What you'll learn
Understand the Fundamentals of Agentic AI and AI Agents: Gain a clear understanding of how AI agents work enabling you to make informed decisions.
Differentiate Innovation from Hype: Learn to evaluate AI solutions, recognize opportunities for impact, and avoid outdated or overhyped approaches.
Build Basic Agents with Custom GPTs: Develop hands-on experience creating simple yet powerful AI agents using custom GPTs.
Skills you'll gain
- Category: Agentic systems
- Category: Generative AI
- Category: Automation
- Category: Business Process Automation
- Category: Technology Strategies
- Category: Business Strategy
- Category: Generative AI Agents
- Category: Business Transformation
- Category: Prompt Engineering
- Category: Artificial Intelligence
- Category: Strategic Decision-Making
- Category: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML)
- Category: Workflow Management
- Category: Emerging Technologies
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Dr. Jules White
Vanderbilt University
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PC
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Reviewed on Jan 6, 2025
Practical, quick and interesting. Enabled me to quickly create a career advice GPT tailored specifically to my work experience.
VM
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Reviewed on Feb 7, 2025
I have really enjoyed learning about Agentic Ai and Custom GPT from Jules White from Vanderbilt University - they are explained in a simple way so that everyone can understand!
SR
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Reviewed on Aug 9, 2025
Insightful, practical and very relevant. Helps inspire so many ideas on leveraging AI agents and customization of GPTs for task automation for my role.
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