Course 3 · Module 2
Work, Education, and Economic Power
This module covers AI's effects on jobs, on schools and universities, and on who controls the resources the technology depends on. You'll be able to weigh claims about job loss against the employment data, compare positions on AI in education, and explain the debates over energy, chips, and market power. These are the arguments most likely to touch your own work and community.
Module objectives
- Evaluate claims about AI's effect on jobs using evidence on tasks, productivity, and employment.
- Compare positions on AI in education and the evidence on learning that each relies on.
- Explain who controls the resources AI depends on and the debates over energy and market power.
Lessons
- Lesson 1 Work and Power: Jobs, tasks, and productivity You'll set forecasts of mass job loss beside what employment data shows so far. You'll be able to tell exposure from displacement, a study result from an economy-wide effect, and… 61111h 3m
- Lesson 2 Work and Power: AI in schools and universities You'll look at how widely students and teachers now use AI, how institutions have responded, and what the evidence says about learning. You'll be able to compare the main… 61111h 3m
- Lesson 3 Work and Power: Chips, data centers, energy, and concentration of power You'll trace what AI physically depends on, from specialized chips to data centers to electricity, and who controls each link. You'll be able to explain the debates over energy… 611111h 33m