SYS 478: Fall 2026

Thu, Nov 12

Module 5. Patterns Across Domains: AI, Power, and Political Economy

What Responsibilities Do People Have Inside Organizations Adopting AI?

Fit, power, boundaries, and solutionism from the inside, paired with a career reflection on how you want to show up.

Topic / Focus

We close this unit by asking what responsibilities you carry inside organizations adopting AI: fit, power, boundaries, and solutionism, including the possibility that delay, refusal, or non-adoption can be responsible choices.

Format: Career ~55-70 min + integrated discussion ~30-45 min · Lesson template: Career + Course Bridge

Guiding Questions

  • What responsibilities do you have inside an organization that is adopting AI?
  • When is governance framed as a barrier to innovation, and when is that framing wrong?
  • When are delay, refusal, or non-adoption responsible choices rather than obstacles?

In This Class

In this meeting, we will:

  • complete Career 7: How Do You Want to Show Up?
  • discuss governance framed as a barrier to innovation, and when that framing misleads
  • consider delay, refusal, and non-adoption as legitimate governance choices