Victoria Falciani
One striking example was the revelation that, buried in the fine print, an app reserved the right to sell user data to the government and monitor their menstrual cycles.
“In a country where abortion could be illegal,” Falciani noted, “This presents a significant concern. Discovering such unforeseen implications was truly eye-opening for me.”
Falciani attributes these realizations and her newfound knowledge to the certificate’s four instructors.
“They put their heart, character, and personality into the material,” said Falciani. “Even though we were learning about robots, it was nice not to be taught by a bunch of them,” she joked. “Had they just clocked in and out, I would have seen this experience as ‘Oh, I’ll do an AI certification, and once it’s done, I’ll put it on my LinkedIn, it’s nice and shiny, and I won’t ever say the words AI again. But instead, they set the foundation for further interest.”
Falciani aspires to build on the foundation she gathered in the program by pursuing a master’s degree in AI in hopes of leveraging her current and future knowledge to make meaningful contributions to ESG initiatives.
“If AI is meant for streamlining and automating—all of these other buzz words that mean faster, better, and more accurate—I think it would be imperative to implement it into ESG initiatives and regulations to reduce carbon emissions and get closer to net zero. There’s so much explosive growth opportunity with it that if you can understand it now in 2024 at the level that the courses provide, you’re really setting yourself up to keep pace as AI continues to evolve.”
Register now for Concordia Continuing Education’s Certificate in AI Proficiency, which begins September 17, 2024.