Overview
This short course is designed to provide essential AI literacy training to all staff who interact with Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems and need to understand the emerging rules that we will be expected to comply with.
We are at the beginning of a great digital change caused by recent developments in AI – learning about AI is key to trusting and adopting new systems to safely embrace the opportunities it brings.
AI has been around for more than 50 years, but it is a priority now because recent advances in computing, large quantities of data, and new automated processes have led to major breakthroughs. Generative chat tools are an example of AI – they have caused excitement and lots of discussion in the media as people begin to envision the amazing opportunities that might now be possible.
AI is a worldwide priority, not least in the EU and affected markets following the entry into force of the EU AI Act. There has been international cooperation over the definitions and rules for AI and people and businesses are now adapting to ensure they work within new rules.
AI Literacy training is mandated within many legal and regulatory frameworks. However, rather than seeing this course as adding to mandatory training programs, it’s important to remember that to enable change we need to embark on a learning journey.
This instructor led course includes interactive activities and low-stakes assessments throughout to bring your learning journey to life with engaging and inspiring content.
If your business would like to tailor this course with content that is specific to your organisation or policies please contact us to discuss our learning solutions.
Target Audience
Anyone from any sector who currently or in the future will interact with AI systems in the workplace.
Prerequisites
There are no formal pre-requisites for the course.
Learning Outcomes
There are some exciting opportunities that we can all benefit from, but we need to know the risks and how to be safe. These are the key aims from this course:
- Introducing what AI systems are and understanding common existing terminology and emerging legal and regulatory definitions
- Raising awareness of the opportunities AI systems can bring – and the threats that might come from avoiding change
- Understanding the risks that AI systems can pose and considering this within the framework provided by the EU AI Act
- Setting expectations for our future behaviour and processes around AI: so that those involved in using, providing, or deploying AI systems in the workplace are aware of key changes to legal, regulatory, and ethical attitudes.
Course Outline
00: Course Overview and Introductions
01: Introduction to AI Systems
- Identify the definition of an AI system and General Purpose AI (GPAI) according to the OECD and EU AI Act.
- Label the different processes that are completed when an AI system is built and when it is used by using the OECD definition of an AI system.
- Select from examples, those which are AI systems and those which are not.
02: Awareness of Opportunities
- List potential opportunities and benefits of AI systems
03: AI System Risks
- Match the definitions (according to the EU AI Act) of Prohibited AI Practices, Limited Risk AI Systems, and High- Risk AI Systems.
- For a given scenario, categorise an AI system as limited risk, high risk, or an unacceptable risk.
- For a given scenario, identify when human checks are carried out.
04: Roles for working with AI Systems Safely
- For a given scenario, identify the appropriate action the person should take when they have identified a mistake made by an AI system.
- Correctly match the definitions of AI system providers and deployers.
- For a given scenario, determine if the person described is an AI system provider or a deployer
05: Multiple Choice Assessment
06: Plenary and Further Learning Opportunities
Related learning
For Leadership, Security and Governance, or Technical training for AI systems please visit https://www.qa.com/browse/courses/ai/
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