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In the wake of last year’s COVID-19 shutdowns, information technology groups pivoted nearly overnight, launching technology-driven initiatives to enable remote work and distance learning. New customer experiences and new online sales channels followed close behind.
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The moment was not just an exercise in fast-tracking technology deployments, it was also a test of companies’ ability to get employees and customers to embrace new forms of business engagement and interaction.
“Unless organizations change, the technology really does nothing for the business,” said George Westerman, principal research scientist for workforce learning in MIT’s Abdul Latif Jameel World Education Lab.
New Initiative Aims to Promote the Use of AI Across All Segments of Society
Written by AZoRoboticsMay 24 2021
A new cross-disciplinary research initiative at MIT aims to promote the understanding and use of AI across all segments of society. The effort, called Responsible AI for Social Empowerment and Education (RAISE), will develop new teaching approaches and tools to engage learners in settings from preK-12 to the workforce. People are using AI every day in our workplaces and our private lives. It s in our apps, devices, social media, and more. It s shaping the global economy, our institutions, and ourselves. Being digitally literate is no longer enough. People need to be AI-literate to understand the responsible use of AI and create things with it at individual, community, and societal levels, says RAISE Director Cynthia Breazeal, a professor of media arts and sciences at MIT.
In 10 years of researching digital transformation, MIT Sloan senior lecturer
George Westermanand collaborators have identified ways in which some companies are becoming “digital masters,” while others fall behind.
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Leadership capability is the ability to envision and drive organizational change in systematic and profitable ways.
Digital capability empowers organizations to not only enhance existing processes and products, but improve or even create new business models.
Companies that effectively harness and unite the two capabilities become “digital masters,” able to transform digital technology into a business advantage. In 2021, digital mastery is more important than ever because the risks of falling behind are increasing.
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A new cross-disciplinary research initiative at MIT aims to promote the understanding and use of AI across all segments of society. The effort, called Responsible AI for Social Empowerment and Education (RAISE), will develop new teaching approaches and tools to engage learners in settings from preK-12 to the workforce. People are using AI every day in our workplaces and our private lives. It s in our apps, devices, social media, and more. It s shaping the global economy, our institutions, and ourselves. Being digitally literate is no longer enough. People need to be AI-literate to understand the responsible use of AI and create things with it at individual, community, and societal levels, says RAISE Director Cynthia Breazeal, a professor of media arts and sciences at MIT.
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