AI and Data Literacy: A National Mandate - DataScienceCentral.com

I recently participated in a regional workshop of government, education, business, and social leaders where we were trying to ascertain and assess 1) the certainty of national trends and 2) the impact of those trends on the region. We reviewed many trends, including the growth of green jobs, growth in the Hispanic community, the decline in water quality and availability, the increasingly older population, declining enrollment trends, remote medicine, Electric Vehicle (EV) infrastructure. I was particularly interested in the trend "Growing Artificial Intelligence (AI) Industry." "The AI industry is expanding rapidly, and two metro areas have become important federal research and contracting centers for AI research. However, according to a 2021 Brooking study, "these two metro areas exhibit below-average commercialization activities in terms of per capita AI companies, job postings, and job profiles," suggesting an opportunity to use this capability to help spark job growth."