Prospective employees, companies negotiate fast-changing new world of AI

Reports of latest job cuts especially by tech companies have spurred speculation about the impact of AI on the workplace Will the advanced computing apparatus increasingly replace people on the job That was on Kaitlyn McCormick s mind as she pursued a bachelor s degree in the information hardware field She is now working toward a master s in artificial intelligence and machine learning through CSU Global an online fully accredited university that s part of the Colorado State University system If you re thinking four years or two years of development is going to take you to right where you need to be and you ll be fine for the next years that s not reality McCormick disclosed If you don t try to become more relevant you re going to be left behind That s the cold dark truth McCormick who lives in Littleton has worked in IT for about years and has been a application engineer at Q Application Inc for almost years The firm had a fresh companywide discussion about incorporating AI into its platform Particular employees expressed angst and uncertainty about the prospect It is a fearful moment I can relate with them on that McCormick explained Even as she pursues a master s degree in AI and machine learning McCormick who is deaf experiences her own uncertainty The single mother is working full-time and taking classes as she strives to keep up with the changes Rather than running away you should embrace it take advantage of using AI as an assistant McCormick noted The first thing to consider is that AI will invariably require a human Matthew Brown echoed McCormick s declaration that the computer systems still need human input The machines don t learn all on their own reported Brown initiative director of computer science at CSU Global They still have to have statistics input they have to have human interaction for those models to be built Artificial intelligence is a set of technologies that allows machines and computer programs to mimic human intelligence through experience identifying patterns and making decisions based on large volumes of records at a speed beyond what people can do alone CSU Global describes machine learning as a subfield of AI that helps a system learn more promptly so it can accomplish a particular task Brown doesn t believe the mantra that AI is taking over the world and is going to replace people He mentioned jobs are changing and morphing into something else People are needed to work with AI to interpret content and results I still have to have people that feed these models records and manage them The roles are changing but there s still the need for people that understand this device Brown explained He gave an example of a quality engineer in aerospace working on a design for an airplane wing An engineer might spend days producing a description while AI could review that material and issue a assessment in less than a day Now the quality engineer can use their time more wisely reviewing the assessment and come in looking at the assumptions that the AI engine gave and make decisions based on that Brown reported However he expects certain jobs such as content entry or writing lines of computer code to change or disappear AI can generate lines of code way faster than anyone could type it out Brown announced So those jobs that are being impacted the most of are jobs that are high-touch redundant work that s prone to errors because of human input He expects entry-level tech jobs to be affected People in the industry have reported Brown that they re not looking for interns or entry-level programmers but for people with skills in AI Programs in universities are going to have to rethink what they re training students to do Brown disclosed I think everybody s going to be impacted by it just about every industry just about every role It s that transformative Related Articles US robustness department unveils strategy to expand its adoption of AI tool WhatsApp faces European antitrust review over artificial intelligence Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang visits Republicans as debate over intensifying AI race rages NY judge orders OpenAI to hand over ChatGPT conversations in win for newspapers in copyright circumstance Viral prison photos of Diddy are AI-generated rep says The global consulting firm Challenger Gray Christmas distributed a tally from U S employers that announced jobs were eliminated in October up from the cuts communicated in October The firm mentioned chosen industries are correcting after the hiring boom during the pandemic but the reductions also come as companies are adopting AI costs are rising and consumer and corporate spending are softening Apparatus led in private-sector job cuts as companies restructure amid AI integration slower demand and efficiency pressures Challenger Gray Christmas announced The industry broadcasted reductions compared with in September But experts notified CNBC in early November that companies could be blaming AI for layoffs that are because of business mistakes and belt-tightening Peter Cappelli a professor of management at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania explained CNBC there s very little evidence that it cuts jobs anywhere near like the level that we re talking about In the majority cases Cappelli explained AI doesn t cut head count at all About students are enrolled in CSU Global s online master s degree project in AI and machine learning Brown whose background includes time in the military and work in retail aerospace and governing body contracting disclosed the students are a diverse group Multiple are looking to improve their skills or re-enter the job field As an institution we ve decided that we need to understand and be a part of AI making sure that students understand it and can use it efficiently to get the kind of work they want Brown declared