Class dates: Mondays, March 23, 30, April 13, 20, 27 (5 weeks)

Class time: 10:00 am to 11:30 am

Location: Online (via Zoom)

A decade ago, a human recruiter spent 6 seconds with each résumé. Today, an AI system handles more than 10,000 résumés per minute, AI-generated résumés submitted by desperate job applicants and their bots. There are humans in there someplace, and the hiring manager must find them.

The big disruptor is artificial intelligence, but it’s not the only one. National and international politics turn business plans into crumpled paper rather than beautiful origami.

We will explore what this changing world of world is like, what happens as people search for jobs, do the work, lose the jobs, rinse and repeat until a retirement that may never come .

Optional Reading : From Strength to Strength by Arthur Brooks, ISBN 9780593191484

Instructor: Karl Hakkarainen is a long-time WISE instructor with an academic background in American studies and career in information technology. He has taught courses on social networks, American history, education, music, intellectual property law, and artificial intelligence. He is chair of the WISE AI SIG.