As companies embrace AI, it's a job-seeker's market

10/15/2018

WHBL-FM (Oct. 15) -- The expanding applications for artificial intelligence have created a shortage of qualified workers in the field. At Illinois, Mark Hasegawa-Johnson, a professor of electrical and computer engineering, last year tripled the enrollment cap on the school’s introduction to artificial intelligence course to 300. The extra 200 seats were filled in 24 hours, he says.

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WHBL-FM (Oct. 15) -- The expanding applications for artificial intelligence have created a shortage of qualified workers in the field. At Illinois, Mark Hasegawa-Johnson, a professor of electrical and computer engineering, last year tripled the enrollment cap on the school’s introduction to artificial intelligence course to 300. The extra 200 seats were filled in 24 hours, he says.


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This story was published October 15, 2018.