Artificial Intelligence decisions are often only as good as the person asking the question. In this course, you’ll learn how to ask the right ones and defend against the harm that can arise from misguided use of AI in decision making processes. Navigate real-world cases to create better prompts, compare and contrast strengths and limitations, evaluate outcomes, and by the end of this course, understand and leverage the power of AI for decision-making across any discipline, opening up new career paths and personal growth.



Understand how to analyze and frame these real-world problems for AI solutions, setting the groundwork for effective decision-making strategies.
Learn how to define and curate datasets tailored for machine learning approaches to decision-making. This section covers the essentials of data collection, cleaning, and preparation, ensuring your machine-learning models are built on solid foundations.
Explore how to define decision-making problems specifically for LLMs. This involves understanding LLMs' capabilities and structuring problems that leverage their general world knowledge and ability to communicate in natural language.
Understand how to create effective prompts to extract knowledge and insights from LLMs. This topic provides practical skills in interacting with LLMs to support decision-making processes.
After building an AI approach, the quality of the results needs to be evaluated. This topic covers estimating confidence in decisions using uncertainty and statistical significance metrics.
Identify the potential limitations and risks associated with using AI for decision-making. This focuses on developing strategies for risk mitigation, ethical considerations, and ensuring responsible use of AI technologies.
This course is delivered online through an institution of the Lower Cost Models Consortium (LCMC) that is different than your degree-granting institution that awards the academic credit for the course.