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  • Explore the frontiers of technology, predict the future, and thrive in an ever-changing world. Our immersive course combines cutting-edge insights, expert guidance, and creative vision to help you become a disruptor, not a bystander. From emerging technology to AI to storytelling and speculative design, gain the knowledge and skills to shape tomorrow's opportunities. Embrace innovation, foresee challenges, and chart your path in the era of disruption. Join us now and unlock your potential to lead and innovate in a dynamic digital landscape.

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Module 1: Emerging Technology, Disruption, and AI

Course Introduction

Meet Your Instructor

The Impact of the Gies Community

Module Introduction: Emerging Technology, Disruption, and AI

Emerging Technology and Disruption: An Overview

Disruptive Technology Showcase

A Proactive Approach to Finding and Understanding Disruptive Technology

Evaluating Disruptive Technology Through the Gartner Hype Cycle

Decoding AI Technology Through the Gartner Hype Cycle: A Case Study

How Non-Technology Disruptions Drive Emerging Technology Opportunities

Navigating Non-Technology Disruptions in Business and Industries

The Theory of Disruptive Innovation

Differentiating Disruptive Innovation From General Disruption

Learning From Disruption at Individual and Organizational Levels

After Action Review: A Tool for Learning From Disruption

Syllabus

About the Discussion Forums

Online Education at Gies College of Business

Updating Your Profile

Module 1 Overview

Module 1 Readings

Orientation Quiz

Lesson Quiz: An Overview of Emerging Technology and Disruption

Lesson Quiz: Understanding and Evaluating Disruptive Technology Through Gartner Hype Cycle

Lesson Quiz: Non-Technology Disruption

Lesson Quiz: Disruptive Innovation

Lesson Quiz: Learning From Disruption

Graded Quiz: Emerging Technology, Disruption and AI

After Action Review (AAR) on Business Disruption

Getting to Know Your Classmates

Welcome! Please Tell Us About Yourself

Module 2: Futurism, Scenario Planning, and Science Driven Decision Making

Module Introduction: Futurism, Scenario Planning, and Science Driven Decision Making

Introduction to Futurism

A Scientific Approach to Futurism

Introduction to Scenario Planning

Scenario Planning in Detail

Basics of Probability Part 1: The Notion of Chance Event

Basics of Probability Part 2: The Expectation Value

Probability Theory Part 1: How to Estimate Probability

Probability Theory Part 2: Conditional Probability

Decision-Making Under Uncertainty

Expected Value vs. Expected Utility

A Scientific Approach to Decision-Making

Premortem Technique: A Worked Example

Module 2 Overview

Module 2 Readings

Lesson Quiz: Futurism

Lesson Quiz: Scenario Planning

Lesson Quiz: Basics of Probablility

Lesson Quiz: Decision-Making Under Uncertainty

Lesson Quiz: Scientific Approach to Decision-Making and Premortem Technique

Graded Quiz: Futurism, Scenario Planning, and Science Driven Decision Making

Module 3: Mastering the Foundational Skills for Navigating Disruption

Module Introduction: Mastering the Foundational Skills for Navigating Disruption

Cultivating the Right Mindset for Emerging Technologies

Four Modes of Thinking About New Challenges

The Scientific Mode of Thinking

Source Credibility

Assessing Credibility

Navigating Difficult Conversations Part 1

Navigating Difficult Conversations Part 2

Navigating Difficult Conversations Part 3

Storytelling: A Powerful Tool for Communicating Disruptive Impacts

Storytelling for Making and Sharing Predictions

Overcoming the Failure To Imagine via Science Fiction

Speculative Design as a Tool To Envision the Future

Module 3 Overview

Module 3 Readings

Lesson Quiz: Scientific Mode of Thinking

Lesson Quiz: Source Credibility

Lesson Quiz: Navigating Difficult Conversations

Lesson Quiz: Storytelling

Lesson Quiz: Scientific Fiction and Speculative Design

Graded Quiz: Mastering the Foundational Skills for Navigating Disruption

Peer-Review: Storytelling

Module 4: Artificial Intelligence: Techniques, Applications, and the Dawn of Autonomy

Module Introduction: Artificial Intelligence: Techniques, Applications, and the Dawn of Autonomy

Introduction to Artificial Intelligence

Basic Techniques of AI

Exploring Recent Trends in AI

How AI Disrupts Society and Businesses

AI’s Advantages and Disadvantages

Autonomous Technology and AI’s Disruptive Role

AI and Autonomy: Challenges and Opportunities in Different Domains

Examples of Autonomous Technologies

Robotics and AI

How AI and Robotics Disrupt Society and Businesses

Exploring Artificial General Intelligence

Potential Impacts of Artificial General Intelligence

Future Expectations for Artificial General Intelligence

Course Conclusion

Learn on Your Terms

Module 4 Overview

Module 4 Readings

Congratulations on completing the course!

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Practice Quiz: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence

Practice Quiz: AI's Impact on Society and Business

Lesson Quiz: Autonomous Technology

Lesson Quiz: Robotics and AI

Lesson Quiz: Artificial General Intelligence (AGI)

Graded Quiz: Artificial Intelligence: Techniques, Applications, and the Dawn of Autonomy

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