Societal, Strategic, and Risk Impacts of Agentic AI

This unit examines how agentic AI transforms sectors, markets, and global dynamics by exploring sector-specific opportunities and threats—healthcare, finance, entertainment—and the geopolitical, privacy, and security challenges that follow. Students build on foundational technical concepts to evaluate economic and global trends and develop a practical risk-assessment framework to guide responsible deployment.

Learning Objectives

• Analyze the potential benefits, harms, and ethical implications of agentic AI in healthcare and well-being by evaluating representative case studies and identifying sector-specific mitigation strategies
• Evaluate investment and economic trends related to agentic AI using quantitative and qualitative indicators to prioritize strategic opportunities and assess market risk
• Assess geopolitical, privacy, and security considerations for agentic AI systems by conducting threat modeling and proposing technical, policy, and governance mitigations aligned with legal and ethical standards
• Design a comprehensive, sector-aware risk assessment framework for deploying agentic AI (covering healthcare, entertainment, finance, and government) and present actionable recommendations for implementation and monitoring