This unit examines the business opportunities and challenges posed by immersive platforms (gaming, metaverse), semi- and fully-autonomous technologies, and advancing AI. Students explore ethical, legal, and workforce implications and produce strategic recommendations for entrepreneurs to adopt technology responsibly while planning for changing labor needs.
Learning Objectives
- Analyze how immersive digital environments (gaming and the metaverse) create entrepreneurial opportunities and risks by assessing monetization models, user engagement, intellectual property, and market adoption indicators
- Evaluate the effects of semi- and fully-autonomous technologies on business operations and workforce composition by identifying roles likely to be disrupted and recommending reskilling or role redesign strategies
- Apply ethical and legal frameworks to debates about AI autonomy and potential machine consciousness, assessing criteria for moral consideration and proposing responsible policies or safeguards for startups and enterprises
- Demonstrate synthesis of unit concepts by preparing a concise strategic recommendation for an entrepreneurial venture that integrates technology adoption, workforce planning, and ethical compliance
Curriculum
- 1 Section
- 10 Lessons
- 30 hours
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- Unit 4 — Emerging Technologies, Ethics & Work10
- 1.1Gaming20 mins
- 1.2Moving Forward: How Will People Work?20 mins
- 1.3What Are the Complications and Considerations of Technology Becoming Semi and Fully Autonomous?20 mins
- 1.4Notes20 mins
- 1.5The Metaverse20 mins
- 1.6A Computer’s View of Computer Ethics by ChatGPT20 mins
- 1.7Key Takeaways20 mins
- 1.8When Can Technologies Be Defined to Have Consciousness and, at That Point, Should They Be Afforded Rights?20 mins
- 1.9Conclusion20 mins
- 1.10Notes20 mins
Instructor
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