Ethical Governance & Risk in Agentic AI is an intermediate-level course designed for professionals who need to navigate the complex landscape of autonomous AI systems while ensuring ethical compliance and responsible deployment. As AI systems become increasingly autonomous, traditional governance approaches break down, creating new categories of risk and accountability challenges. This course equips learners with practical frameworks to assess AI autonomy levels, design adaptive compliance strategies, and build scalable governance structures. Through real-world case studies from IBM, UC Berkeley, and Harvard Business Review, learners explore both the opportunities and risks of agentic AI systems. The course emphasizes practical implementation, providing tools and templates that can be immediately applied in organizational settings. By the end, learners will be able to build comprehensive governance frameworks that balance innovation with responsibility, ensuring AI systems serve human values while driving competitive advantage.
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In this foundational lesson, learners will explore the evolution of AI autonomy and examine how autonomous agents make decisions. They'll analyze the ethical implications of AI decision-making, understand the spectrum of agent autonomy, and evaluate real-world cases where AI autonomy has created both opportunities and challenges. Through IBM's perspective on agentic AI risks and UC Berkeley's analysis, learners will develop a framework for assessing agent autonomy levels.
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This lesson guides learners through the process of creating comprehensive compliance strategies that ensure AI systems align with ethical standards and regulatory requirements. Learners will explore current regulatory frameworks, design compliance strategies that balance innovation with responsibility, and examine how leading organizations navigate complex regulatory landscapes. They'll develop skills to create frameworks that ensure responsible AI deployment while maintaining competitive advantage. All of this Through practical exercises and real-world case studies,
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In this culminating lesson, learners will develop comprehensive skills for evaluating AI risks and implementing robust governance frameworks. They'll learn to assess both technical and ethical risks in AI systems, design governance structures that can evolve with changing technologies and regulations, and create accountability mechanisms that ensure responsible AI deployment. Through hands-on activities and real-world case studies, learners will build practical frameworks they can immediately apply in their organizations.
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