Opinion: All S.C. Colleges Should Offer Degrees in AI, Cybersecurity
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It won’t be long until all of South Carolina’s universities offer degrees in AI and security in addition to standard computer science degrees as the state’s education sector evolves to support its economic development.
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All the buzz has since vanished, but is this the start of another Artificial winter?
Well, but I’m predicting a mild autumn because all these days has AI in it.
The buzz won’t end until the next significant AI discovery, when it will begin to question itself. Or when bioengineers can enhance our own genetic intelligence by inserting microchips straight into our cerebral cortex in other related research.
In the meantime, advancements in life sciences and developing, which are the two mainstays of our economy, could have an enormous impact on South Carolinians.
Four-legged dog-looking Boston Dynamics” Spot” computers have been handling materials and carrying out checks in the BMW grow in Spartanburg for a while. Product moving around Nephron Pharmaceuticals in Columbia is done entirely autonomously. Bosch in Charleston then employs full-time data scientists who reduce downtime on the production line by using cutting-edge machine learning algorithms to extract the vast amount of data from contemporary electric manufacturing environments. Companies like Rock Hill-based Delta Bravo AI are specialists in these areas and have done remarkable work to improve the efficiency of businesses like Nucor.
Heck, my family used to work at Spartanburg Regional Hospital, where robots were chopping up the hallways for medicine delivery. I can still remember one of her tales about a robot yelling “please move” to a chair outside of her office.
These solutions may continue to evolve for South Carolina’s economic growth in order for life sciences and production to continue to dominate. If we can take it with the courage to do so and with enough energy to propel it, AI will provide that biological move forward.
But, no effort should be put into the ingrained myth that embracing technology and new technologies would eliminate human jobs. When local industry struggles to keep up with the developments of international technology, past teaches us that all work disappear.
If we choose to adopt this brave new world, South Carolinians will gain from new work and the political and neighborhood amenities that come with them.
Our economy’s academic field needs to grow as well.
I anticipate that all South Carolina universities will soon have degrees in AI and security in addition to standard system science degrees.
The South Carolina Commission on Higher Education has ultimate authorization for the state’s primary bachelor’s degree programs in economic technology and AI, both of which are offered at Winthrop. The Rock Hill University is poised to expand upon this portfolio to the advanced manufacturing executive space by building on degrees currently in place like security, website development, computer science, and offer chain/logistics.
Moreover, all college graduates will eventually need to have an applied AI public education in order to compete in the workforce of tomorrow. Everyone’s tool will need it, too.
Resumes from the past used to enjoy machine words-per-minute abilities, while resumes from today typically list technical abilities like proficiency in Microsoft Office products. Tomorrow’s begins may include a lot of AI and security.
Dr. Sebastian van Delden serves as vice president and dean for scientific matters at Winthrop University. He is a professor of computer knowledge who finished his AI research in 2003.
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