AI in Practice

Overview

Start by recognizing AI’s multiple benefits and implications and end by making a plan for its application. Learn more at the  AI in Practice Professional Certificatein collaboration with Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) - DelftX.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is like electricity must have been 140 years ago. We may not yet be able to properly imagine how it will affect our lives, but organizations need to start thinking about how AI can be applied to and improve everyday practice.

This two-course program provides a wide range of cases and examples of current AI applications in various organizations. It presents ideas and case studies for actual situations based on state-of-the-art AI research, and provides practical tools for integrating AI into your own organization.

This program has been developed by Delft University of Technology and the Innovation Center for Artificial Intelligence Academy (ICAI) in the Netherlands. ICAI is a national initiative involving industry, universities and government in the area of AI research and applications. Case studies presented include contributions from top Dutch universities, public institutions and AI experts from companies such as ING, Ahold Delhaize, Elsevier, KPN and Thirona.

Job Outlook

• Businesses continue to invest in projects that utilize the capabilities of AI software and platforms. Spending on AI systems will reach $97.9 billion in 2023, more than two and one half times the $37.5 billion projected in 2019 (source: IDC)
• AI promises to be the most disruptive class of technologies in the next 10 years. AI-derived business value, from 3 different sources (customer experience, new revenues and cost reduction) is forecast to reach $3.9 trillion in 2022 (source: Gartner)
• 40% of respondents in a survey to Global 2000 organizations claim to be adding more jobs as a result of adopting AI within their business and the number of companies deploying AI is expected to increase (source: PRNewswire/Dun & Bradstreet survey)
• The growth of AI is expected to create 58 million net new jobs by 2022 according to a report from the World Economic Forum.
• AI, robotics and smart automation technology will bring greater economic benefits which could contribute up to $15 trillion to global GDP by 2030 according to a PwC study (source: Forbes)