In the past, when there was a transition happening from logbooks to calculators, there was an ethical question on whether students should be allowed to use calculators in their exams or classrooms. Close to 3 decades later, we are still debating on something similar with the onset of the revolutionary ChatGPT.
Right now, conversations are happening on whether students of today, with so much exposure to learning materials and content, should be allowed to use AI tools like ChatGPT to assist in their homework and assignments.
Though there are no straightforward right or wrong answers to this, we are moving towards a world, where students should develop competencies and the skills to work with AI-powered tools to be able to become future-proof in terms of their aspirations and career paths.
But how does one get started with this? How does one introduce complex AI concepts at an early stage for in-depth, hands-on experience and expertise to develop over the years?
Let’s find out.
4 Ways Students Can Secure Their Future With AI
1. A Strong Foundation On AI
AI is not a concept that one learns after a certain point in life such as during college or when starting to work. AI knowledge is a culmination of diverse concepts which are taught right from school. STEM is one of the core streams in school that lays a very strong foundation on trigonometry, probability, calculus, and more for students to seamlessly pick up more complex concepts later. Besides, working on AI tools that give them hands-on exposure to coding, problem-solving, and technical skills also helps students latch on to AI concepts. This can help establish a familiarity with concepts that lead to a better understanding of AI.
2. Creative Passion Projects
AI is very technical, but the technical competency is just 50%. Solving a problem requires creativity and the perfect blend of creative, analytical, and technical skills. Students must be encouraged to get exposed to identify real-world concerns in their areas of interest, pick up relevant problems and then produce creative solutions powered by AI. In this process, a student gets to engage with diverse case studies in a domain, research interconnected topics, and use available mediums and tools to develop a working prototype or a design on paper.
3. Get Hands-on With AI Tools
There are a bunch of open source and free tools today available in the market such as TensorFlow, Keras, Pytorch, and more, that allow learners and students to get practical exposure to powerful AI concepts at implementation stages. While technical skills are required to work on such tools, there are many YouTube videos, and free learning material from developer communities and makers, and walkthroughs that will help learners with everything they need to try these tools.
4. Certification Programs For A Rewarding Career Path
Students in college and freshers looking to land authoritative and rewarding career paths have one solid option to secure their future – certification programs. Today there are many certification programs in the market offered by premier institutions with curriculum made comprehensive to industry requirements. With both practical and theoretical exposure, students can get fully exposed to AI and its allied concepts and learn associated managerial concepts.
Final Thoughts
With the news going the rounds on ChatGPT’s abilities to crack Google’s Level 3 coding interviews, it would seem like the jobs of everyone are at stake. However, it all boils down to how prepared we are to work in tandem with AI and emerging technologies to achieve organizational and personal goals. With the exposure to online learning today, businesses don’t need generative AI tools but creators, developers, and professionals who can get things done with such tools.
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