Books Details
Author : Joseph E. Aoun Pages : 216 pages Publisher : MIT Press
Language : eng ISBN-10 : 0262037289 ISBN-13 : 9780262037280
Books Descriptions
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.A "robot-
proof" education, Aoun argues,
