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Some students jeered AI at college graduations. But it’s the elephant in the classroom.
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Some students jeered AI at college graduations. But it’s the elephant in the classroom.

The Christian Science Monitor | All stories·Ira Porter·3 days ago
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Instead of cheers, commencement speakers at some colleges and universities across the United States heard boos this spring when they mentioned artificial intelligence to anxious graduates facing an employment landscape rapidly being reshaped by AI. But colleges are hoping that students entering this fall will not graduate with the same level of anxiety about the technology. Schools are scrambling to expand AI offerings with focused majors and are incorporating the technology into their curricula – changes that could lead future graduates to see it more as a tool rather than an existential threat. A survey of nearly 10,000 students, who had been prospects to start college last fall, found that 42% expect AI to influence their career choice. About 10% said they had already changed their major because of AI, according to an April survey by education consulting firm EAB.…

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