Bibliograph

Robot-proof, higher education in the age of artificial intelligence, Joseph E. Aoun

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Robot-proof, higher education in the age of artificial intelligence, Joseph E. Aoun

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Robot-proof

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Joseph E. Aoun

Sub title

higher education in the age of artificial intelligence

Summary

How to educate the next generation of college students to invent, to create, and to discover-filling needs that even the most sophisticated robot cannot. Driverless cars are hitting the road, powered by artificial intelligence. Robots can climb stairs, open doors, win Jeopardy, analyze stocks, work in factories, find parking spaces, advise oncologists. In the past, automation was considered a threat to low-skilled labor. Now, many high-skilled functions, including interpreting medical images, doing legal research, and analyzing data, are within the skill sets of machines. How can higher education prepare students for their professional lives when professions themselves are disappearing? In Robot-Proof, Northeastern University president Joseph Aoun proposes a way to educate the next generation of college students to invent, to create, and to discover-to fill needs in society that even the most sophisticated artificial intelligence agent cannot

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Higher education in the age of artificial intelligence

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