Coursera, a US-based online course provider, has announced Generative AI for Everyone, a new course taught by Andrew Ng, Founder, DeepLearning.AI. The course is designed to help learners everywhere navigate the profound shift generative AI is bringing to the world, Coursera said in its blog recently.
According to the blog, McKinsey research shows that generative AI could enable automation of up to 70 per cent of business activities across almost all occupations by 2030 and could add up to 4.4 trillion a year to the economy in productivity gains. This beginner-level course will help everyone, including those with a non-technical background, gain a deeper understanding of how generative AI works and its impact on the workplace and everyday life. Professionals and business leaders will learn how to apply generative AI in their work and get ahead of the changes this technology will inevitably bring.
“Generative AI is helping many individuals work more efficiently, and also enabling businesses to deploy AI applications in days – which previously would have taken months to build. I’m excited about sharing generative AI best practices to enable many more people to take advantage of these revolutionary new capabilities,” Ng said in the blog.
The blog further mentioned that throughout the course, learners will gain expertise on how generative AI works, including what it can and can’t do; learn to use generative AI to help their day-to-day work and receive tips on effective prompt engineering; receive a framework for systematically analysing an individual or a business’s workflow to identify promising generative AI automation and augmentation opportunities; and understand generative AI’s impact on business and society, including its risks and responsible use.
