With the implementation of AI in many areas of our lives, colleges and universities are scrambling to add AI to their course work across the spectrum of academic disciplines. This article examines the speed of adding AI to the college curriculum and the perceived necessity for students to have a working knowledge of AI when they graduate.
College students are desperate to add a new skill to their résumés: artificial intelligence.
The rise of generative AI in the workplace and students’ demands for more hirable talents are driving schools to revamp courses and add specialized degrees at speeds rarely seen in higher education. Schools are even going so far as to emphasize that all undergraduates get a taste of the tech, teaching them how to use AI in a given field—as well as its failings and unethical applications.
