Higher education must change to prepare Americans for artificial intelligence revolution - ScienceBlog.com

A new national survey commissioned by Northeastern University and conducted by Gallup finds most U.S. adults have an overall positive view of artificial intelligence, but believe they are ill-prepared to deal with AI's expected impact on the global digital economy. The survey comes on the heels of numerous international studies forecasting significant job loss resulting from AI. Overall, 22 percent of Americans with a bachelor's degree or higher level of education say their college or university studies prepared them well or very well to work with AI. Moreover, only 18 percent are extremely confident they could secure the education needed to obtain a comparable job should they lose their current position to advances in new technology. "The answer to greater artificial intelligence is greater human intelligence," said Northeastern President Joseph E. Aoun. "The AI revolution is an opportunity for us to reimagine higher education--to transform both what and how we teach. If colleges and universities can adapt and modernize, we can ensure that tomorrow's learners will be robot-proof."