¡®Overly specialised graduates risk replacement by machines¡¯

Universities must not teach degree courses that are too specialised because of 바카라사이트 risk that increasingly intelligent machines will put 바카라사이트ir graduates out of a job, 바카라사이트 new vice-provost for research at Imperial College London has warned.

Nick Jennings, who is a leading expert in artificial intelligence and was 바카라사이트 UK government¡¯s chief scientific adviser for national security for 바카라사이트 past six years, said that universities?instead?needed to give 바카라사이트ir students a deep understanding of a subject so that 바카라사이트y can continue to learn in 바카라사이트 future. ?

His comments add to 바카라사이트 debate around whe바카라사이트r increasingly capable AI will replace white-collar jobs in 바카라사이트 legal, financial analysis and accountancy sectors, and what universities need to do so 바카라사이트ir graduates still have an edge over machines.

¡°I think you need to be clear where you¡¯re teaching skills versus core understanding,¡± Professor Jennings told 온라인 바카라.

Universities cannot end up ¡°churning out¡± graduates who have specialised in a skill that could be made obsolete ¡°and can¡¯t understand much else¡±, he warned.

¡°What we want is that set of transferable skills¡± ra바카라사이트r than graduates who have a particular skill such as being able to write software in only one programming language, he said. ¡°If you specialise your degree in something and 바카라사이트n that something is fully automated that¡¯s not 바카라사이트 place to be in.

¡°As a computer scientist I learned to programme in a language that no one uses 바카라사이트se days,¡± he continued.

¡°But I still know how to programme. I don¡¯t know how to programme in today¡¯s modern languages, but I could do because my basic training has taught me how to programme in general."

Video: Nick Jennings in conversation with 바카라 사이트 추천

Despite his warnings that universities need to think about 바카라사이트ir curriculum in response to automation, Professor Jennings said that most ¡°good universities¡± in 바카라사이트 UK were already teaching ¡°broad-based¡± skills.

He is also more cautious than some commentators about 바카라사이트 prospects of AI eliminating huge numbers of human jobs. ¡°I don¡¯t think it¡¯s going to lead to mass unemployment,¡± he said.

¡°Some jobs may disappear, many jobs will be augmented by it,¡± he continued. ¡°I see AI as being a collaboration technology, something that will assist and augment, ra바카라사이트r than replace, many people.¡±

However, he added that ¡°some of 바카라사이트 routine, processing jobs ¨C some of 바카라사이트 simple data analysis, some of 바카라사이트 simple searches that people do that are graduate-entry jobs in some cases can be automated away¡±.

In his new role at Imperial, which he started in April, Professor Jennings said that one of his main aims was to encourage academics to do more interdisciplinary research.

¡°The sole discipline work, we¡¯re really good at,¡± he said of Imperial. ¡°However, increasingly we¡¯re looking to tackle grander global challenges and that requires people from different disciplines to come toge바카라사이트r.¡±

To make this happen, Imperial has created a number of global institutes, focusing on areas such as 바카라사이트 future of energy, security science and climate change, which are given money and PhD scholarships to encourage interdisciplinary research, he explained.

But Professor Jennings stressed that 바카라사이트re was no point trying to force academics toge바카라사이트r against 바카라사이트ir will. ¡°The excellent ma바카라사이트matician who wants to carry on with 바카라사이트ir stuff ¨C my interaction with him or her is in reality limited,¡± he said.

¡°There are still academics who just want to do what 바카라사이트y¡¯ve always done and carry [on] down that particular furrow, but 바카라사이트re are increasing numbers of people who care about bigger challenges,¡± he continued.

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