Dr Ioannis Glinavos, Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of Westminster, has written a blog for Times Higher Education (THE) Campus, offering advice on how university graduates can fight against Artificial Intelligence (AI) as they step into their careers.
In the article Dr Glinavos explores the issues the evolution of AI has had on the job market, with many organisations now turning to the technology instead of a human workforce to boost productivity and profit margins.
He says: “As an educator, you have a huge problem in 2024. Your graduates are about to be beaten in the job market by the AI in 2025. They won’t even make it to interview. What, if anything, can you do about it?”
To answer this question, he looks at how graduates can react to this looming threat and explores what educators can do to guide their students.
He explains that graduates must be “cheaper or better than the machine” while teachers need to “embrace the future” and “teach human skills”. By embracing AI students can learn how to best use the technology to improve their work and by teaching human skills, educators can provide graduates with the ability to interact with others, create relationships and gain trust – building on the skills that AI does not possess.
He concludes: “Some graduates will outrun the Terminator. John Connor lived long enough to find a time machine to send someone to 1984. The graduate who survives is the one who knows how to use the machine and can do what it can’t: be human. Let us strive, as educators, to arm our students with humanity, before we launch them into the workplace of 2025.”
Dr Glinavos’ article directly contributes to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) 4: Quality Education and 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth. Since 2019, the University of Westminster has used the SDGs holistically to frame strategic decisions to help students and colleagues fulfil their potential and contribute to a more sustainable, equitable and healthier society.
Read the full article on the Times Higher Education (THE) Campus website.
Find out how to learn about Artificial Intelligence at the University of Westminster on the Applied Artificial Intelligence MSc course.
